“本文是发表于《Current Problems in Surgery》Vol..17,No..2,1980年的专题论著,阐述了现代食管癌外科的各种问题与进展。兹节译文中‘治疗的选择’、‘外科治疗的优选手术方法’、‘疗效’等三部分,分两期刊载,供读者参考——译者”食管癌治疗的选择食管癌患者的平均年龄分布表明,患病的高峰是60～69岁,较胃癌约高10岁左右。近来,接受手术治疗的老年患者日益增多。在61例年逾70的食管和咽下部癌患者中,有25例施行了手术治疗。最大年龄为80岁。一般认为,食管癌患者因长期吞咽困难所致营养 “This article was published in the ”Current Problems in Surgery" Vol..17, No..2, 1980’s monograph on the various problems and developments of modern esophageal cancer surgery. ’Surgical treatment of the preferred surgical method’, ’efficacy’ and other three parts, contained in two periodicals, for readers to refer to - the average age distribution of patients with esophageal cancer treatment of esophageal cancer treatment shows that the peak of the disease is 60 ~ 69 years old, approximately 10 years older than gastric cancer. Recently, elderly patients undergoing surgery have been increasing. Of the 61 patients with esophageal and hypopharyngeal cancers over 70 years old, 25 were treated surgically. The maximum age is 80 years old. It is generally believed that patients with esophageal cancer suffer from chronic dysphagia