Gore R M
Department of Radiology, Evanston Hospital-McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.
Radiol Clin North Am. 1997 Mar;35(2):243-63.
Carcinoma of the esophagus remains one of the most lethal of all cancers. In the past, squamous cell carcinomas accounted for over 95% of esophageal malignancies. Over the past two decades, however, there has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of adenocarcinoma arising in columnar cell-lined Barrett's mucosa, accounting for up to 34% of all esophageal cancers in some areas. This article discusses the different demographic, pathologic, therapeutic, and prognostic features of squamous cell and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
食管癌仍然是所有癌症中致死率最高的癌症之一。过去，鳞状细胞癌占食管恶性肿瘤的95%以上。然而，在过去二十年中，柱状细胞衬里的巴雷特黏膜中发生的腺癌发病率急剧上升，在某些地区占所有食管癌的比例高达34%。本文讨论了食管鳞状细胞癌和腺癌在人口统计学、病理学、治疗及预后方面的不同特征。
