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6744220

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
The records of 51 patients with esophageal carcinoma were reviewed. Twenty-two patients underwent attempted curative resection with a mean survival of 7.7 months. Twenty patients underwent primary radiotherapy (mean survival, 4.3 months). Nine patients received palliative therapy alone (mean survival, 2.8 months). Surgical mortality was 27%, but symptomatic palliation was complete in 59% of the surgical patients. Only 5% of the radiotherapy group, and 11% of the palliative group were completely palliated. There is only one long-term survivor (21 + months). Lesions in the middle third of the esophagus, and the presence of clinical evidence of metastatic disease were predictive of a shorter survival. Patients with metastatic disease at presentation had a mean survival of only 2.5 months from diagnosis. It is concluded that surgery should be considered a palliative, not curative procedure, and that it should be attempted only in those patients without clinical evidence of metastatic disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
918-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Esophageal carcinoma. A six-year review of the Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital experience.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't