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Purpose:To study the surgical treatment of the cases with cancer of esophageal and gastroesophageal conjunction by thoracotomy. Methods:Total of 43 patients were selected. Squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus were found in 26 patients,among them 23 received radical resection and 3 failed due to massive invasion of the tumor.The rest were diagnosed as adeno carcinoma of cardia,13 of them undergoing radical resection and 4 failed.Results:The results of the whole group were surgical resection 93.0 %,complication 41.9% and operative mortality 4.7%.Conclusions:The authors conclude that selecting patients with precise indications as well as treating complication correctly was very important for surgical procedures of elderly patients.The pre-operative preparation,nutrition and approach for resection are also important.
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Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region proteins were determined in 50 patients with squmous cell carcinoma of esophagus by argyrophilic technique. Pathological sections of the tissue of the resected specimens were examined. The results showed that the AgNOR content was corelated with the lymph node metastasis rale, histologic grading of the CA and the postoperative prognosis. The higher the AgNOR content, the higher lymph node matastasis rate(P