esophageal cancer
gastrointestinal system cancer that is located in the esophagus
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Summary
esophageal cancer is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,552 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: esophageal neoplasm[3], esophageal disease[4], gastrointestinal system cancer[5], disease[6]
- Commons category: Esophageal cancer[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Esophageal cancer[8]
- Medical examination: endoscopy[9], computed tomography[10], positron emission tomography[11], biopsy[12]
- Anatomical location: esophagus[13]
- ICD-9-CM: 150.4[14], 150.3[15], 150.2[16], 150.5[17], 150.8[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3028[19], C3533[20], C3534[21], C3535[22], C4764[23]
- Health specialty: oncology[24], general surgery[25], gastroenterology[26]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: methotrexate[27], carboplatin[28], cisplatin[29], ginsenoside Rg3[30]
- Genetic association: ADH1B[31], CSNK1A1[32], SEMA5B[33], PLCE1[34], PDE4D[35], ACAD10[36], RUNX1[37]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_5041[38], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:5041[39], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0100751[40]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[41]
Why It Matters
esophageal cancer has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]