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Gastrointestinal System Cancers

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Esophageal cancer is the fourth most common gastrointestinal cancer, and it constitutes 5% of all cancers. It is common in patients older than 60 years and in black populations [1].

The esophagus is a muscular tube that starts at the C6 vertebra after the hypopharynx and extends into the stomach at the T11 level (Fig. 10.1). The length of the esophagus changes according to age and gender (22–28 cm in adults; 23–30 cm in males; 20–26 cm in females). The distance from the teeth to the cricopharyngeal region is approximately 15 cm in males and 14 cm in females (that from the teeth to the esophagogastric junction is 38–42 cm in males and 2 cm less in females).

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  1. Cuneyt Ebruli (Instructor of Radiation Oncology)

    Present address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Kocaeli State Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Gulhane Military Medical School, Ankara, Etlik, Turkey

    Murat Beyzadeoglu (Professor and Chairman of Radiation Oncology) & Cuneyt Ebruli (Instructor of Radiation Oncology)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, 06100, Ankara, Turkey

    Gokhan Ozyigit (Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology)

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Beyzadeoglu, M., Ebruli, C., Ozyigit, G. (2010). Gastrointestinal System Cancers. In: Basic Radiation Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11666-7_10

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