Smoking increases risk of esophageal cancer
November 18, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Esophageal cancer, cancer of the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract, is not a common cancer but it is a difficult one to treat.
Researchers have found that people who smoke and/or drink large quantities of alcohol increase their risk of esophageal cancer significantly. For example, for one subtype of cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, the risk was five times higher among people who drank four glasses of alcohol per day.
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Tags: cancer blog, esophageal cancer
