Abstract
Esophageal cancer is a globally distributed disease, being the 8th most common cause of cancer, with an estimated 10,790 new cases of esophageal cancer in 2018 in Brazil alone. Esophageal neoplasms can be divided histologically into two main types: Adenocarcinoma (ACC) and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC), presenting different epidemiology and risk factors. In the last years, the molecular c…