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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2009 Jun 12;137(3):10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.059. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.059

Table 2.

Comparison of outcomes (overall mortality, recurrent carcinoma) in the two groups

ENDO group
N=132		 SURG group
N=46
Follow up (person years) 464.4 243.8
Total number of deaths 23 9
Overall mortality (Incidence rate) 4.9/100 person years 3.7/100 person years
Causes of death (N) Pneumonia (5)
CHF/MI (4)
Metastatic Lung cancer (3)
Metastatic esophageal carcinoma (1)
Parkinson’s Disease (1)
Alzheimer’s Dementia (2)
COPD (2)
Metastatic Prostate Cancer (1)
Lymphoma (1)
CVA (3)		 Post operative complications (1)
Metastatic esophageal carcinoma (1)
Metastatic Lung cancer (2)
Pulmonary Fibrosis (1)
CHF/MI (4)
Number of recurrent cancers 16 1
Recurrent carcinoma (incidence rate) 5.5/100 person years 0.56/100 person years