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CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH ESOPHAGEAL CANCERS

Dr. Muhammad Adnan Bawany, Dr. Tufail Ahmed Baloch, Dr. Tekchand Maheshwari, Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon, Dr. Samar Raza and Dr. Ali Raza Shaikh

OBJECTIVE: To determine the Clinical profile of patients with esophageal cancers. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The one year cross sectional study was conducted at tertiary care hospital. All the patients either gender who were diagnosed as esophageal cancer were included in the study. These patients were allowed to undergo necessary investigations and treatment while the subjects excluded from study were patients who were lost to follow up and the non cooperative patients who not interested to participate in the study while the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. RESULTS:Duringone year study period total fifty patients with esophageal carcinoma were explored and studied. the frequency for male and female population was 32 (64%) and 18 (36%) with mean ± sd for age of male and female individuals was 54.47±5.87 and 51.75±7.72 respectively. Gender male 32 (64%) and female 18 (36%), type of lesion exophytic 05 (10%), infiltrative 10 (20%), ulcerative 35 (70%), location upper third 05 (10%), middle third 30 (60%) and lower third 15 (30%). Histological type squamous cell carcinoma 36 (72%) and adenocarcinoma 14 (28%). CONCLUSION:It has been found that carcinoma esophagus is the most common gastrointestinal cancer and the most common cause of cancer related death thus early diagnosis offers the only chance of cure in these patients. KEYWORDS:Esophagus, Malignancy and Cancer

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