Survival of patients with superficial esophageal adenocarcinoma after endoscopic treatment vs surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Endoscopic therapy can improve long-term outcomes of patients with superficial esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), producing fewer complications than esophagectomy. However, there have been few population-based studies to compare long-term outcomes of patients who received these treatments. We used a large national cancer database to evaluate the outcomes of patients with superficial EAC who underwent endoscopic therapy or surgery.

Methods

We used the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results database to identify 1618 patients with Tis or T1 N0M0 EAC from 1998-2009. Patients were grouped on the basis of whether they received endoscopic therapy (n = 306) or surgery (n = 1312). Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with en

SUBMITTER: Ngamruengphong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3889479 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature