title: [Prognosticly unfavorable factors in esophageal carcinoma. I. The importance of anamnestic data].
abstract: The analysis of data of 121 patients with esophageal carcinoma treated at the Department of Surgery, Landeskrankenhaus Klagenfurt, between 1969 and 1982 revealed that neither sex nor age, environment, delay of treatment or additional disease had any significant influence on survival time. Weight loss, however, significantly shortened survival time (p = 0.0002). In addition, weight loss suggests an advanced tumor stage (p = 0.0279). After curative resection, rate of survival was significantly lower in patients with weight loss (p = 0.042). In the presence of weight loss and additional risk factors resection is probably not indicated.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Prognostisch ungünstige Faktoren beim Oesophaguscarcinom. I. Die Bedeutung anamnestischer Angaben.