Abstract:Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of endoscopic screening in reducing esophageal cancer mortality within a high-incidence area.
Methods A nested case-control study was conducted based on the Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening Program of Feicheng City. Based on the screening population cohort, individuals who were newly diagnosed with esophageal cancer from September 2006 to December 2016 and died of esophageal cancer before December 2018 as case subjects. Each case matched 4 controls (Subjects who wer… Show more
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