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Re: The Role of Overdiagnosis and Reclassification in the Marked Increase of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Incidence
Affiliation of author: Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Arthington House, Cookridge Hospital, Hospital Lane, Leeds, UK
Correspondence to: David Forman, PhD, Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Leeds, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arthington House, Cookridge Hospital, Hospital Lane, Leeds, LS16 6QB, UK (e-mail: d.forman@leeds.ac.uk).
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Pohl and Welch consider whether the reported dramatic increase in esophageal adenocarcinoma represents a real increase in disease burden or whether it can be explained by artifacts introduced by classification problems and/or increased diagnostic intensity (1). Based on an analysis of the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database, they conclude that the observed increase not only represents a true increase in
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J Natl Cancer Inst 2005 97: 1014.
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