title: Surgical resection for stage I cancer of the oesophagus and cardia.
abstract: A study was carried out to establish the long-term survival of patients with stage I carcinoma of the oesophagus and cardia, and to assess the influence of various factors on the 5-year survival rate. The study, which was partly prospective and partly retrospective, involved 60 patients with early (stage I) carcinoma of the oesophagus or cardia from a total of 811 consecutive patients with such carcinomas who were referred to one regional centre over a 15-year period, 425 of whom underwent resection. Survival at 5 years was taken as the main measure of outcome. Forty-two patients (70 per cent) were alive at 5 years. None of the factors studied (sex, age, site or histological type of tumour) had a significant effect on outcome.
authors.affiliation: Humberside Cardiothoracic Surgical Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moghissi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002299:Cardia / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016019:Survival Analysis