title: Adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and of the oesophagogastric junction.
abstract: The clinical and pathological features of 52 adenocarcinomas invading the oesophagus and the oesophagogastric junction are reviewed. The relationship of these tumours to the presence of a concomitant hiatal hernia and the histogenesis of primary oesophageal adenocarcinomas are discussed. Adenocarcinomas of the cardio-oesophageal junction appear to have distinctive prognostic and pathological features and there may be a case for their classification into a separate category of alimentary neoplasms.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction; D005260:Female; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis