Abstract

NAZARIO DOLZ, Ana María et al. Characterization of patients with esophagus cancer in the biennium 2013-2014. MEDISAN [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.2, pp.143-153. ISSN 1029-3019.

Introduction: the esophagus cancer is one of the "most aggressive" and of less survival worldwide; in Cuba it is 3.9 out of 100 000 inhabitants. Objective: to characterize the patients with that diagnosis, according to selected variables. Methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional study of 51 patients admitted with esophagus neoplasm in "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from January, 2013 to December, 2014. Results: the age group 60-69 (39.1%), the male sex (84.3%), those referring difficulty to swallow (76.6%) and the epidermoid carcinoma as histologic type (76.5%), prevailed. During their stay in the institution, 19.6% of the patients died. The dysphagia was presented in very advanced stages of the disease. Conclusions: in spite of the importance and surveillance of the esophagus cancer risk factors in Cuba, it is still diagnosed in advanced stages when the therapeutic possibilities are very reduced and not very effective

Keywords : esophagus cancer; carcinoma; neoplasm; dysphagia; secondary health care.

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