612. GENDER DIFFERENCES IN JAPANESE PATIENTS WITH ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

Abstract

Abstract Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the seventh most common cancer and the sixth leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and has a male preponderance. The gender-based differences in clinical presentation and risk factor exposure are not fully studied. The aim of this study was to compare males and females with this disease. We retrospectively investigated the clinical data of 503 consecutive patients with ESCC from April 2011 to December 2019. Data collected included patient demographics, clinical presentation, pathology and risk factor exposure. We analyzed the differences in clinical characteristics and risk factor exposure between males and females with ESCC. Four hundred and sixty-nine patients with ESCC were included. The male to female ratio was 4.6:1. There was no significant difference in clinical presentation and pathology. There were significant differences between risk factor exposure between the two genders: smoking and alcohol consumption was an association in more than 90% of males but in less than 50% of females. The analysis including all patients showed no significant difference in survival rates, but when limited to patients with stage 3 or higher disease, survival rates were significantly higher in females (Figure). Smoking and alcohol consumption, traditionally considered risk factors, are less associated with female patients with ESCC, and other environmental risk factors might be more involved in this gender.