Abstract
Introduction CARCINOMA of the esophagus constitutes from 2 to 5 per cent of all cases of malignant disease. It has been shown statistically (Hoffman) that cancer of the esophagus is far from being a rare disease. At the present time it is responsible for over two thousand deaths per annum. The death rate from this disease has increased from 1.0 per hundred thousand in 1915, to 1.7, in 1932, in the United States Registration Area. The rate for males is much higher than that for females. In England and Wales, in 1931, it was 9.09 per hundred thousand for men and 2.99 for women. Of 37 cases of esophageal cancer seen from 1929 to 1935, 27 were males and 10 females. Its greatest incidence occurs between the ages of 50 and 60 years. Anatomic Location The most frequent site of predilection is the thoracic portion of the esophagus, then the cardiac, and the least frequent is the cervical portion. Pathologic Types There are several pathologic types: (1) The bulky, polypoid tumors which extend into the lumen of the...
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