BACKGROUND: Cancer of the esophagus is one of the most commonly seen malignancies
in China. From 1959 to 1981, mass screening of esophageal cancer disclosed that the age …

As part of a consecutive series of 370 patients who underwent subtotal esophagectomy
because of carcinoma of the thoracic area of the esophagus, between January 1965 and …

Seven hundred one patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus who were
treated between 1950 and 1979 were retrospectively studied. The percentage of male …

Over an 11‐year period 1158 patients with esophageal cancers were managed by the
Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 857 (74.0%) of …

The authors analyzed 230 cases of T1 cancer of the thoracic esophagus resected in our
surgical department between 1985 and 1996. This study showed that mucosal cancer was …

In this paper we report on the long-term results achieved in 75 patients with superficial
carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus who have been treated since 1965 with …

From 1958 through 1992 a total of 3603 patients underwent surgery for esophageal
squamous cell carcinoma in our department. Among these patients 3099 resections were …

Between 1985 and 1992 a total of 403 patients with resected thoracic esophageal
squamous cell carcinoma were evaluated histopathologically, and various pathologic …

A prospective study was performed to clarify the surgical outcome of patients with
esophageal carcinoma who would benefit from induction chemotherapy followed by surgery …

In a series of 908 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus, 512 operations
were performed on 503 of the patients. Postoperative mortality was the highest after bypass …