Table 1.
Patient and cancer characteristics
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Sex, male, n (%) | 15 (71.4) |
| Mean age, Range, years | 68.79.7 (4686) |
| History of chemotherapy, n (%) | 10 (47.6) |
| History of esophageal surgery, n (%) | 4 (19.0) |
| Median course of disease, months | 9.0 (2.0, 12.0) |
| Esophageal carcinoma diagnosis | |
| Adenocarcinoma/Squamous cell carcinoma | 18 (85.7)/3 (14.3) |
| Local/distant metastases | 8 (38.1)/3 (14.3) |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | |
| Hypertension | 6 (28.6) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 6 (28.6) |
| Coronary heart disease | 1 (4.8) |
| Symptom and sign, n (%) | |
| Dysphagia | 14 (66.7) |
| Choking cough | 2 (9.5) |
| Others | 5 (23.8) |
| Location of carcinoma | |
| Upper middle segment | 9 (42.9) |
| Meddle lower | 4 (19.0) |
| Esophageal cardia junction | 7 (33.3) |