Introduction:

Esophageal cancer is a very frequent disease. Due to its extremely aggressive nature, it presents poor survival rates.

Objective:

To characterize clinically, epidemiologically and anatomically patients with esophageal cancer.

Method:

A descriptive study was carried out with clinical cases that attended the gastroenterology service at Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso Hospital, in the period between June and November 2018. The study population was made up of the total number of patients of both sexes, whose number amounted to 35.

Results:

The age group that predominated in both sexes was 70 years and over, accounting for 37.1% among men and for 17.1% among women. Men were the most affected (68.6%). The anatomical location that prevailed was the level of the lower third, accounting for 37.1% among men and for 17.1% among women. 57.1% turned out to be underweight; most of them presented Barrett esophagus as a personal pathological history, accompanied by odynophagia in 88.6% of the patients.

Conclusions:

The study allowed characterizing patients with esophageal cancer according to clinical, epidemiological and anatomical variables. It appears more frequently in the last decades of life and in advanced stages of the disease. It is most frequently located in the lower third and associated with a personal pathological history.

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