Abstract

PEDROZO-ALVARENGA, Brayan David  and  CHAVEZ-RIVALDI, Cristhian. Characteristics of esophageal cancer in patients admitted to the First Chair of Surgical Clinic service of the Hospital de Clinicas San Lorenzo from 2010-2022. Cir. parag. [online]. 2025, vol.49, n.1, pp.8-11. ISSN 2307-0420.  https://doi.org/10.18004/sopaci.2025.abril.8.

Introduction: Esophageal cancer is one of the most aggressive neoplasms of the digestive tract, with high morbidity and mortality, and is the eighth most common cancer worldwide. Objective: To determine the management of esophageal cancer in patients admitted to the First Department of Clinical Surgery at the San Lorenzo Clinics Hospital from 2010 to 2022. Materials and methods: An observational, retrospective, descriptive, and cross-sectional study. Results: Thirty-one patients were diagnosed with esophageal cancer at the First Department of Clinical Surgery at the San Lorenzo Clinics Hospital from 2010 to 2022. 83.9% of the patients were men. Mean age was 63.7 years. The most frequent clinical manifestation was dysphagia and weight loss with constitutional syndrome. 41.9% presented vegetative lesions. 67% of the lesions were located in the middle third. The most common histological type, 83.9%, was squamous cell carcinoma. Conclusion: The current challenge is to implement screening policies for this disease, taking into account the associated risk factors.

Keywords : esophageal cancer; screening; squamous cell carcinoma; adjuvant treatment..

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