title: [Esophageal cancer in Western France. Retrospective analysis of 1400 cases].
abstract: A retrospective review was made of 1 400 cases of cancer of the esophagus treated at the Centre "Francois Baclesse" between 1964 and 1975. The disease appeared at an earlier age and more frequently in men (95%) than in women. The lesions were located predominantly in the middle third of the esophagus. There was a high frequency of local, regional and general extension of the disease due to late diagnosis. Less than one-third of the patients were eligible for surgery--which was excluded in the other cases because of age or the presence of associated pathology or secondary neoplasm--and only 10 per 100 of this group were potentially curable.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Le cancer de l'oesophage dans l'ouest de la France. Analyse rétrospective d'une population de 1400 cas