TY - JOUR
T1 - Advances in esophageal surgery in elderly patients with thoracic esophageal cancer
AU - Morita, Masaru
AU - Otsu, Hajime
AU - Kawano, Hiroyuki
AU - Kumashiro, Ryuichi
AU - Taketani, Kenji
AU - Kimura, Yasue
AU - Saeki, Hiroshi
AU - Ando, Koji
AU - Ida, Satoshi
AU - Oki, Eiji
AU - Tokunaga, Eriko
AU - Ikeda, Tetsuo
AU - Kusumoto, Tetsuya
AU - Maehara, Yoshihiko
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Aim: To justify esophagectomy for elderly patients. Patients and Methods: A total of 1,002 patients with thoracic esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy were divided into three groups: I (≤74 years old, n=898); II (75-79 years, n=81); and III (≥80 years, n=23). Historical changes were compared between the first surgical period (1964-1989) and the second period (1990-2011). Results: The morbidity rates were 40%, 41% and 26% in the respective groups. Pulmonary complications decreased historically in groups II and III (36% to 15% and 43% to 0%, respectively). The mortality was higher in the older groups (4.8%, 8.6% and 13.0%, respectively); however, there was a marked historical decrease in groups II (18.2% to 5.1%) and III (28.6% to 6.3%). The 5-year survival improved from 5% to 35% in group II and from 0% to 17% in group III. Conclusion: The outcomes of esophagectomy for elderly patients have markedly improved, with acceptable mortality even in octogenarians.
AB - Aim: To justify esophagectomy for elderly patients. Patients and Methods: A total of 1,002 patients with thoracic esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy were divided into three groups: I (≤74 years old, n=898); II (75-79 years, n=81); and III (≥80 years, n=23). Historical changes were compared between the first surgical period (1964-1989) and the second period (1990-2011). Results: The morbidity rates were 40%, 41% and 26% in the respective groups. Pulmonary complications decreased historically in groups II and III (36% to 15% and 43% to 0%, respectively). The mortality was higher in the older groups (4.8%, 8.6% and 13.0%, respectively); however, there was a marked historical decrease in groups II (18.2% to 5.1%) and III (28.6% to 6.3%). The 5-year survival improved from 5% to 35% in group II and from 0% to 17% in group III. Conclusion: The outcomes of esophagectomy for elderly patients have markedly improved, with acceptable mortality even in octogenarians.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 23564809
AN - SCOPUS:84876766617
SN - 0250-7005
VL - 33
SP - 1641
EP - 1648
JO - Anticancer research
JF - Anticancer research
IS - 4
ER -
