Abstract
The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma and gastric cardia cancer increased strikingly in Scotland between 1977 and 1996. In contrast to other cancers of the oesophagus and stomach, which showed a clear relationship with socioeconomic status, no trend was evident for oesophageal adenocarcinoma or gastric cardia cancer during 1987–1996. © 2000 Cancer Research Campaign
Keywords: epidemiology, incidence, gastric carcinoma, oesophageal carcinoma, Scotland, socioeconomic status
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