Experiences in the treatment of esophageal cancer of the upper and middle thoracic segment.
Between 1946 and 1974 we carried out 1,174 resections of the esophagus for cancer in the upper and middle thoracic segment. Through early diagnosis and the combination of preoperative irradiation therapy and antethoracic anastomosis, divided into three stages when necessary, the operative mortality was decreased (6.0 percent), and the survival rate was increased. The 5-year survival rate was 10.8 percent for men and 29.3 percent for women.
D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods