CLINICAL STUDY OF CARCINOMA OF OESOPHAGUS

There is no cancer that is common anywhere that is not are somewhere else. This applied to oesophageal carcinoma particularly to its dramatic feature in varying incidence in different parts of the world. The aetiology of this disease is still an enigma, so many factors being responsible for causation of the disease. The epidemiological study in high incidence are like iran, north west china, Afghanistan showed the different factor were responsible for the prevalence of the disease. in our country also, the frequency with it occurs varies in diffent parts. The average life expectancy of untreated patients with carcinoma oesophagus is only a few months to a maximum of 1 year. By the time the patient presents with dysphagia, usually the disease has extended beyond the curable limits. This is particularly due to the close relationship to other vital mediastinal structures. Nevertheless due to the advent of new techniques in radiology early detection of the disease is now possible. There has been a change in treatment modalities also in the form newer surgical techniques, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. There has been an increase in prognostic index in recent years. As this disease is common in this part of the country, an attempt has been made to analyse the various aetiological factors, clinicopathological correlation and various treatment modalities. All these cases were studied carefully, thoroughly investigated and treated appropriately. Relevant literature was reviewed and an attempt of comparative study also has been done.