- Title
- Oesophageal Cancer in Transkei
- Creator
- Stepien, Andrzej
- Description
- The oesophagus is a part of the digestive canal between the pharynx and the stomach. It is about 25 cm. long in adults. From inside, it is covered by multilayered squamous epithelium, separated by a basement membrane from deeper tissues that include submucosa, muscle layer and adventitia from outside. Two functional sphincters are located at both ends of the oesophagus, and some glands are present within its wall, which lubricate the surface by its mucin product, contributing to easier swallowing. Knowledge of those structures makes an easier understanding as to the occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma developing in the oesophagus, its spread; it also helps to understand the signs and symptoms of oesophageal carcinoma.
- Date
- 2009
- Subject
- Esophagus -- Cancer -- South Africa Stomach -- Cancer Cancer -- Patients
- Type
- text, Lectures
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/769
- Identifier
- vital:29751
- Format
- pdf, 60 leaves
- Publisher
- Walter Sisulu University
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Inaugural Lectures
- Rights
- Stepien, Andrzej
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