One hundred twenty-nine adenocarcinomas involving the esophagus and/or gastric cardia differed significantly from 212 cancers of the rest of the stomach as follows: male-female ratio, 6:1 versus 2:1, birth outside Canada, US or UK, 12% versus 34%; parent or sibling with gastric cancer, 5% versus 13%; previous duodenal ulcer, 23% versus 9%; chronic reflux symptoms, 25% versus 3%; hiatal hernia, 51% versus 11%. Of the 129 esophagocardia cancers, 24 involved the esophagus alone, 48 the cardia and esophagus, 33 the cardia alone or cardia and fundus, and 24 the upper stomach and lower esophagus extensively. Thirty-four were associated with Barrett's esophagus. The 72 patients with involvement of both the upper stomach and lower esophagus (48 cardia and esophagus, 24 extensive) were identical with the esophagocardia group as a whole. The 24 patients with esophageal cancer and the 34 with Barrett's epithelium were the same clinically as the whole esophagocardia group except more had chronic reflux and hiatal hernia. The 33 patients with cancer confined to the cardia or cardia and fundus resembled the whole esophagocardia group but did not have Barrett's esophagus. Adenocarcinoma of the esophagocardia region is probably a different disease from cancer of the rest of the stomach.
Changes in blood gas tensions occurring when 100% oxygen or air was used as the driving gas for nebulised salbutamol were studied in 23 patients with severe airways obstruction.
A retrospective review of 329 cases of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and 31 adenocarcinomas of the ampulla and and common bile duct seen between the years 1929 and 1973 was carried out. The most common complaints for carcinoma of the pancreas were pain, weight loss, and jaundice in that order of frequency; while jaundice was the most common complaint with periampullary lesions. The most common procedure carried out was a gastric and/or biliary bypass. Thirty-five patients underwent pancreatoduodenectomy. The survival of this latter group was longer and better than those undergoing bypass and in 40% of patients with ampullary carcinoma a cure was effected. Patients undergoing bypass did not live longer than patients undergoing simple exploratory laparotomy. Duration of symptoms and location of tumor within the pancreas (excluding ampullary tumors) did not appear significantly to alter the prognosis. In view of our experience it is felt that pancreatoduodenectomy should be undertaken whenever the tumor is deemed resectable as this provides the only chance for cure and the best palliation.
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