Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schneider, Paul M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research, 182
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Among malignant tumors, adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction show the highest increase in incidence over the past three decades in Western industrialized countries. Accordingly, much effort is being devoted to basic and translational research in order to combat this frequently deadly dise...