Illuminating esophageal cancer
By Dr Nicola Davies
For EC Awareness month, The Pharma Letter examines the treatment landscape of esophageal cancer (EC), a rare but deadly malignancy that is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the world.1
In the USA, EC is responsible for only 1% of all cancer cases, with a lifetime risk of 1 in 125 for men and 1 in 417 for women.2 The American Cancer Society estimates about 21,650 new EC cases (17,030 in men and 4,530 in women) and about 16,120 EC-related deaths (12,920 in men and 3,200 in women) in the US in 2023.3
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