Anderson L L, Lad T E
Cancer. 1982 Oct 15;50(8):1587-90. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19821015)50:8<1587::aid-cncr2820500820>3.0.co;2-s.
The findings at autopsy of 79 patients with esophageal carcinoma over a period of 15 years were reviewed. Five patients were free of tumor, and another seven had disease localized to the esophagus and other mediastinal structures. Sixty-seven (85%) had metastatic disease. The average number of metastatic sites per patient was 3.3. Most common metastatic sites were lymph nodes (73%), lung (52%), and liver (47%). The patients in this series had a higher incidence of metastases than those in other published series. Possible reasons for this discrepancy include race and sex differences between this population and those in previous reports, as well as the fact that this series includes very few postoperative deaths.
回顾了15年间79例食管癌患者的尸检结果。5例无肿瘤，另有7例疾病局限于食管及其他纵隔结构。67例（85%）有转移性疾病。每位患者转移部位的平均数量为3.3个。最常见的转移部位是淋巴结（73%）、肺（52%）和肝（47%）。该系列患者的转移发生率高于其他已发表系列中的患者。这种差异的可能原因包括该人群与既往报告人群之间的种族和性别差异，以及该系列中术后死亡病例极少这一事实。
