True about Esophageal Cancer:
More lethal than colorectal cancer
Increasing trends towards squamous cell cancer
Small lesions have better prognosis
Asymptomatic Benign lesions excised immediately
Ans. (a) More lethal than colorectal cancerRef Bailey and Love 27th edition Page 1085* Colorectal cancers are 10 times common than Esophageal cancer, but 1 /4th of the patients with esophageal cancer die* Lymphnode status is the important prognostic factor and not the size of the tumor Even small tumor can cause poor prognosis* Esophageal cancer is the 6th most common cancer in world, only 5-10% will survive for 5 years after diagnosis* There is increasing adenocancer trend now in the world in esophagus.* Asymptomatic benign lesions can be followed-up.
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