Survival duration and prognosis factors after operation of esophageal cancer

ABSTRACT

Review of 84 patients with esophagus cancer operated from 1994 to 2000 by different techniques of esophagectomy was presented. 77 patients alived after operation were followed up to for survival and 12 prognosis factors were referred to this study. Survival time was calculated as 57.3%, 2 years survival 34.3%, 3 years survival 24.2%, and 5 years survival was 10.2%. By single analysis method, 5 factors having affected significantly to survival time were palliative or curative operation, the degree of differentiation of the tumour, ganglion metastasis and the TNM staging (p<0.05).