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What are the identified risk factors for oesophageal squamous cancers?
What are the identified risk factors for oesophageal squamous cancers?
- Tobacco, alcohol, nitrosamine in pickled or mouldy food, and repeated thermal injury due to hot beverages (correct)
- Alcohol, nitrosamine in pickled or mouldy food, and vitamin deficiencies
- Tobacco, alcohol, and vitamin deficiencies
- Vitamin deficiencies, fruit consumption, and human papillomavirus infection
What is the overall agestandardised annual incidence of squamous carcinoma in the USA and Europe?
What is the overall agestandardised annual incidence of squamous carcinoma in the USA and Europe?
- 10 per 100,000 men and 3 per 100,000 women
- 8 per 100,000 men and 1 per 100,000 women
- 5 per 100,000 men and 2 per 100,000 women (correct)
- 15 per 100,000 men and 4 per 100,000 women
What is the incidence of squamous carcinoma in well-defined high-risk areas such as Normandy (France) and Calvados (Italy)?
What is the incidence of squamous carcinoma in well-defined high-risk areas such as Normandy (France) and Calvados (Italy)?
- 30 per 100,000 men and 2 per 100,000 women (correct)
- 20 per 100,000 men and 5 per 100,000 women
- 25 per 100,000 men and 8 per 100,000 women
- 10 per 100,000 men and 3 per 100,000 women
From which type of epithelium do squamous carcinomas develop?
From which type of epithelium do squamous carcinomas develop?
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How is dysplastic squamous epithelium characterized?
How is dysplastic squamous epithelium characterized?
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What is the categorization of dysplasia based on the degree of dysplasia?
What is the categorization of dysplasia based on the degree of dysplasia?
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