title: [The prognostic significance of the anatomical forms of esophageal cancer].
abstract: Among the great variety of anatomic patterns of esophageal cancer growth, three basic patterns--exophytic, mixed and endophytic--should be distinguished. Anatomic pattern of growth is one of the basic prognostic criteria for tumor stage assessment. This finding is supported by five-year survival evidence for cases of radical surgery: 58.8 +/- 10% with exophytic form, 16.6 +/- 10%--ulcerative infiltrative and 3.3 +/- 6% with diffuse infiltrative pattern of tumor growth.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Stoliarov
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kolosov
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Dovgaliuk
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Prognosticheskoe znachenie anatomicheskikh form raka pishchevoda.