While esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer worldwide, and the sixth leading cause of cancer-related deaths, it is one of the least studied cancers.
It sounds counterintuitive. However, there are many reasons why there is a lack of study, including this cancer’s aggressive nature, poor survival rate, and the great differences in how it presents across countries and even between sexes.
Esophageal cancer is not as common in the United States. However, a 2022 analysis presented at a conference found that from 2012 to 2019, the rate of esophageal cancer for people ages 45 to 64 almost doubled, based on 5 million people’s data in Florida….