Adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia have increased in incidence over the
past 10-15 years in Western countries. The cause for this increase in incidence is still
unknown. Our study was designed to investigate potential risk factors for adenocarcinomas
of the esophagus and gastric cardia and to compare the risk profiles of a group of patients
with this cancer with those having distal stomach cancer. We studied 95 incident cases with
the pathological diagnosis of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia, 67 …

Potential risk factors for adenocarcinomas of the oesophagus and gastric cardia were
investigated and the risk profiles of a group of patients with this cancer were compared with
those having distal stomach cancer. 95 incident cases with the pathological diagnosis of
adenocarcinomas of the oesophagus and gastric cardia, 67 patients with adenocarcinomas
of the distal stomach and 132 cancer free controls were studied. Patients were seen at the
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA, from 1 November, 1992 to 1 …