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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1995-2-8
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pubmed:abstractText |
Many clinicians still associate oesophagectomy for oesophageal carcinoma with low cure rates, poor palliation and prohibitive peri-operative mortality. Surgical advances have rendered such perceptions inaccurate. A prospective study of all patients undergoing surgery for oesophageal cancer in an Australian teaching hospital between 1979 and 1993 has been undertaken. Selection, staging, pre-operative preparation, surgical technique and postoperative care were all carefully controlled. One hundred and thirty-seven patients were explored. Twenty-one were inoperable. One hundred and sixteen underwent resection with intent to cure. Hospital mortality for oesophagectomy was 1.7%. There were no cases of clinical anastomotic leakage. Eighty-nine per cent achieved excellent to good swallowing. The median survival for all cases was 14 months and the 5 year survival was 18%. Median survival for resected cases was 18 months and the 5 year survival was 26%. The long-term survival was related to postoperative stage of the disease but not to tumour type. Oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer will restore good swallowing in 90% of cases. Operative mortality should be less than 5% and the overall 5 year survival 20-30%. Early tumours can often be cured (ca in situ 100%, stages I and II 50-60%), indicating the benefits of early detection. Poor survival in advanced disease (stage III 15%, stage IV 0%) on a background of low surgical mortality indicate the need for better staging and more effective adjuvant therapies.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0004-8682
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
65
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
11-6
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2005-11-16
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Adenocarcinoma,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Carcinoma in Situ,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Deglutition Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Esophageal Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Esophagectomy,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Survival Rate,
pubmed-meshheading:7818415-Treatment Outcome
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pubmed:year |
1995
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Oesophageal cancer: outcome of modern surgical management.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Review
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