Abstract:Abstract:Background: The management of esophageal carcinoma is changing but before the introduction of chemotherapy and multidisciplinary teams, surgery became more selective. The aim of this study was to confirm this trend and to examine survival in a total population cohort 1985-94.Results: Only a quarter of 413 patients had surgery but from 1989 even fewer were operated on but there were more longterm survivors: 1/51 v. 7/58 (p<0.05). Operative mortality fell from 12% to 6.9 % in the later period (N.S.) and… Show more
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