title: [Analysis of the reasons for the refusal of surgical treatment among esophageal cancer patients].
abstract: Data on 544 patients with esophageal cancer are reported. The main reasons of their refusing the radical treatment were as follows: 1) a considerable local tumor proliferation (31.8%); 2) senile age, concomitant diseases, a general poor condition of patients (25.6%); 3) the presence of distant metastases (11.4%); 4) location of a tumor in the jugular or upper thoracic esophagus for which palliative radiotherapy was performed, but in some cases a palliative surgery (9.7%); 5) fear of surgery (15.4%); 6) no reason (6.4%).
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004944:Esophagoplasty; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care
vernacular_title: Analiz prichin otkaza ot operativnogo lecheniia u bol'nykh rakom pishchevoda.