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. 2014 Mar;14(1):17–21. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v14i1.4

Table 2.

Distribution of histopathological subtypes of cancer of esophagus by site

Histopathological subtypes Upper third Middle third Lower third TOTAL, N(%)
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) 6 37 23 66(92.96)
Adenocarcinoma (ADC) 0 1 4 5(7.04)
TOTAL, N(%) 6(8.45) 38(53.52) 27(38.03) 71(100.00)

Ratio of SCC: ADC = 13.1:1.0