Esophageal cancer-the five year survivors

Background Esophageal cancer in the United States carries a poor prognosis with overall 5 year survival rate of approximately 10%. Due to this dismal outcome, data analyzing factors predictive of survival for greater than 5 years are not available. Methods Single institution retrospective review of...

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Published in:Journal of surgical oncology 2011-02, Vol.103 (2), p.179-183
Main Authors: Kim, Tad, Grobmyer, Stephen R, Smith, Reshelle, Ben-David, Kfir, Ang, Darwin, Vogel, Stephen B, Hochwald, Steven N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
actual survival
Aged
Biopsy
cancer
Carcinoma - mortality
Carcinoma - pathology
Carcinoma - surgery
esophageal
Esophageal Neoplasms - mortality
Esophageal Neoplasms - pathology
Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery
Esophagectomy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Neoplasm Staging
Regression Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate
Survivors - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Background Esophageal cancer in the United States carries a poor prognosis with overall 5 year survival rate of approximately 10%. Due to this dismal outcome, data analyzing factors predictive of survival for greater than 5 years are not available. Methods Single institution retrospective review of esophageal resection for curative intent from 1984 to 2004. We identified 50 actual 5 year survivors (long term survivors, LTS) out of 266 patients (19%) with invasive esophageal cancer and, using multivariate logistic regression, compared characteristics between the LTS, and short‐term (
ISSN:0022-4790
1096-9098
DOI:10.1002/jso.21784