Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancer

- Introduction

Esophageal cancer is a familiar malignancy with high incidence and mortality, and the overall prognosis is poor. esophageal cancer has become an urgent global health challenge and the growing trend of esophageal cancer cases is expected to continue for the next two decades and beyond. In Egypt, there were an estimated 1543 new cases of esophageal cancer and 1510  deaths occurred because of this disease based on GLOBOCAN 2022.