Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers as Double-cancers in Elderly Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Upper gastrointestinal tract cancers as double-cancers in elderly patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Against a background of a rapidly aging society, the number of patients with oral cancers in Japan is increasing yearly. The number of double-cancers with oral cancer as the first malignancy is also reportedly on the rise. Esophageal and gastric cancers are the most common second malignancies. At our institution, our policy is to proactively perform upper gastrointestinal (GI) fiberscopy (GIF) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0040-8891
DOI: 10.2209/tdcpublication.53.9