TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers A1 - Kelsen, David A2 - Loscalzo, Joseph A2 - Fauci, Anthony A2 - Kasper, Dennis A2 - Hauser, Stephen A2 - Longo, Dan A2 - Jameson, J. Larry PY - 2022 T2 - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e AB - Cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract include malignancies of the esophagus, stomach, and small bowel. Esophageal, gastroesophageal junction, and gastric cancers are among the most common of human malignancies, with 1.5 million global new cases diagnosed in 2018. In the United States, a lower risk area, it is estimated that in 2020, esophageal cancer will be diagnosed in 18,440 people and cause 16,170 deaths; for gastric cancer, 27,600 new cases will be diagnosed and 11,010 deaths will occur. Small intestine cancers are rare. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1198035991 ER -