Epidemiological Review: Esophagus Squamous Cell Carcinoma in India

Abstract Worldwide the incidence of esophagus squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), remains one most common causes cancer death. ESCC is leading types in North and Northeast regions India among both genders. Risk factors include tobacco, alcohol, areca nut, hot beverages, low fruit diet, poor oral hygiene, unpiped water, human papillomavirus infection. This review tries to elaborate on various modifiable risk for ESCC, which have been studied worldwide need be India. PubMed was used as a search platform using keywords, such “esophagus cancer,” carcinoma,” “epidemiology,” “India,” “incidence,” “mortality,” “risk factors,” “treatment,” “survival,” “prevention” their corresponding Medical Subject Heading terms, were combination with Boolean operators “OR” “AND.” Studies from are mostly hospital-based case-control studies region. Further research required understand etiology, design large-scale screening prevention strategies.