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A 62-year-old man has been noticing progressive difficulty swallowing first solid food and now liquids as well. A barium study shows a ragged narrowing just below the carinal level. Endoscopic biopsy confirms squamous cell carcinoma. Which of the following statements concerning carcinoma of the esophagus is true?
A. Alcohol has not been implicated as a precipitating factor
B. Squamous carcinoma is the most common type at the cardioesophageal junction
C. It has a higher incidence in males
D. It occurs more commonly in patients with corrosive esophagitis
E. Surgical excision is the only effective treatment
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| dev
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is it D
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| Ahab
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B Commonest type at the cardioesophageal jct is adenoca
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| bluesky
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D. It occurs more commonly in patients with corrosive esophagitis
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| dev
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is the answer c?
CAUSE CORROSIVE ESOPHAGITISpeptic stricture i think
hey mash whats the answer
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| mash
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ans is D
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| chemamr
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http://www.prep4usmle.com/iprep/article/50
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| krsna
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even C is correct.....the male:female ratio is 7:1....
pls throw some light upon this
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| chemamr
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C is correct as well. D can also be correct. good luck, keep studying.
regarding C. the only moment when itīs indeed more common in women is in those areas with an elevated frequency of Plummer Vinson Sx which is more common in women; besides that, itīs more common in men.
Edited by chemamr on 10/14/06 - 05:11 AM
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