🧩 Medical MnemonicsEsophageal cancer; Etiologic Factors
🇮🇷PERSIAN GULF 🌊🌴 🥇Papillomavirus(HPV),
Prior gastrectomy,
Poor oral hygiene
🥇Epidermal growth factor polymorphisms
🥇Raised BMI(Obesity)
🥇Smoking,
Socioeconomic factors and Demographic
🥇Intake(dietry factors),
Infection with Helicobacter pylori,
Inherited type of tylosis (Howell-Evans syndrome)
🥇Alcohol,
Alendronate(oral bisphosphonates),
Atrophic gastritis,
Acid hypersecretory states(ZES)
🥇Nitrosative stress
🥇GERD
🥇Upper aerodigestive tract cancer,
Underlying esophageal disease(achalasia, stricture)
🥇LES pressure decrease
🥇Familial(Hereditary factors; PJS)
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