"Esophagogastric Junction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The area covering the terminal portion of ESOPHAGUS and the beginning of STOMACH at the cardiac orifice.
| Descriptor ID |
D004943
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.875.500.414 A03.556.875.875.330
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| Concept/Terms |
Esophagogastric Junction- Esophagogastric Junction
- Junction, Esophagogastric
- Gastroesophageal Junction
- Gastroesophageal Junctions
- Junction, Gastroesophageal
- Junctions, Gastroesophageal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Esophagogastric Junction" by people in Profiles.
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Validation of Tools for Predicting Incident Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus or Esophagogastric Junction. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 05 01; 116(5):949-957.
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Body mass index in relation to oesophageal and oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinomas: a pooled analysis from the International BEACON Consortium. Int J Epidemiol. 2012 Dec; 41(6):1706-18.
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The importance of exposure rate on odds ratios by cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption for esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium. Cancer Epidemiol. 2012 Jun; 36(3):306-16.
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use reduces risk of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction in a pooled analysis. Gastroenterology. 2012 Mar; 142(3):442-452.e5; quiz e22-3.
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Cigarette smoking and adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: a pooled analysis from the international BEACON consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Sep 08; 102(17):1344-53.
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Reproductive and sex hormonal factors and oesophageal and gastric junction adenocarcinoma: a pooled analysis. Eur J Cancer. 2010 Jul; 46(11):2067-76.
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Familial aggregation of Barrett's oesophagus, oesophageal adenocarcinoma, and oesophagogastric junctional adenocarcinoma in Caucasian adults. Gut. 2002 Sep; 51(3):323-8.