Risk factors for UGI cancers

Risk factors for UGI cancers

Oesophageal cancer

  • Alcohol excess
  • Smoking
  • Obesity
  • Plummer-Vinson syndrome
  • Tylosis

Specific for SCC

  • Achalasia
  • Coeliac disease
  • Caustic stricture

Stomach cancer

  • Blood group A
  • Pernicious anaemia
  • Partial gastrectomy
  • Atrophic gastritis