Esophageal cancer in patients under 50: a SEER analysis

There were approximately 455,800 new esophageal cancer (EC) diagnoses and 400,200 deaths due to the malignancy in 2012 (1), making it one of the most common cancers worldwide. In the United States there were an estimated 16,980 new EC diagnoses and 15,590 deaths in 2015 (2). Currently, the 5-year survival rate of EC is approximately 20% (3)