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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(13):1013-1014; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji180
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Re: The Role of Overdiagnosis and Reclassification in the Marked Increase of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Incidence

David Forman

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 . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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RESPONSE: Re: The Role of Overdiagnosis and Reclassification in the Marked Increase of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Incidence
Heiko Pohl and H. Gilbert Welch
J Natl Cancer Inst 2005 97: 1014. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]