A study of profile of oesophageal carcinoma

 

 

Abstract              Oesophageal Cancers are more often encountered than when compared to statistics of any other era and we encounter it more often in the clinics. The frequency has been on a positive inclination if not straight. It is one of the serious malignancies and has one of the worst prognoses. The morbidity and the mortality is also on a higher scale. The trends are expected to increase in the next decade or two as more and more urbanisation and industrialisation are happening thus indirectly leading to life style modifications. Obesity is also one of the more important causes or rather says obesity has been linked directly to the oesophageal cancers. With increase in the incidence and prevalence of the obesity and also the unhealthy life style modifications, more number of cases is expected to encounter. If global scenario is considered then higher incidence is reported in the developing nations and also majority of the studies indicate that squamous cell carcinoma is the commonest variety. In the last half century more number of cases has been reported than in any other point of time.

Key Words: Oesophageal, Carcinoma, Lifestyle, Retrospective, Profile.