Prognosis and prognostic factors of esophageal spindle cell carcinoma treated by esophagectomy: a retrospective single-institution analysis.

Masashi HashimotoHidehiko KitagamiHiroki NiwaTomohiro KikkawaTomoyuki OhuchiToshinao TakenouchiMasao Hosokawa

Published in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2019)

The 5-year OS of ESpCC mainly treated with surgical therapy was 61.9%. However, prognosis was poor in some patients with ulcerative-type ESpCC according to macroscopic type. In the future, it will be necessary to accumulate more cases and investigate therapeutic strategies added to surgery to improve prognosis.

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