TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Left Transthoracic Esophagectomy (Ellis) A1 - Krasna, Mark J. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann PY - 2020 T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - The American Cancer Society’s estimates for esophageal cancer in the United States for 2018 are about 17,290 new esophageal cancer cases diagnosed (13,480 in men and 3810 in women). 15,850 deaths occurred from esophageal cancer (12,850 in men and 3000 in women).1 Esophageal cancer is more common among men than among women.2,3 The lifetime risk of esophageal cancer in the United States is about 1 in 132 in men and about 1 in 455 in women. Overall, the rates of esophageal cancer in the United States have been fairly stable for many years, but over the past decade they have been decreasing slightly. Adenocarcinoma is the most common type of cancer of the esophagus among Whites, while squamous cell carcinoma is more common in African Americans. American Indian/Alaska Natives and Hispanics have lower rates of esophageal cancer, followed by Asians/Pacific Islanders. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170406624 ER -