Yutong He

TL;DR: There was a marked overall increase in cancer survival from 2003 to 2015 in the population covered by these cancer registries in China, possibly reflecting advances in the quality of cancer care in these areas.

TL;DR: The poor population survival rates in China emphasize the urgent need for government policy changes and investment to improve health services and increasing access of health service in rural areas and providing basic health‐care to the disadvantaged populations will be essential for reducing this disparity in the future.

TL;DR: A well-designed multidisciplinary epidemiologic study is needed to examine the role of diet and eating habits in ESCC risk, including cancer burden, patterns of incidence and mortality, sex ratio of mortality, risk factor profiles, and genetic variants.

TL;DR: It was shown that endoscopic screening and intervention significantly reduced mortality caused by esophageal cancer and detection and treatment of preneoplastic lesions also led to a reduction in the incidence of this highly fatal cancer.

TL;DR: The main causative factors that contribute to esophageal cancer in high-risk areas have not yet been elucidated and challenges in this research area include determining the causative role of nitrosamine and conducting fruitful international collaborative studies based on a multidisciplinary approach.