BACKGROUND: The results of surgical treatment in 41 @entity1 with early @entity420 of the oesophagus were analysed retrospectively. METHODS: The treatment of choice was transhiatal radical subtotal oesophagectomy (n = 38); in three @entity1 with @entity420 in the mid or upper thoracic portion of the oesophagus, right transthoracic en bloc oesophagectomy was performed. RESULTS: One @entity1 died within 30 days and another within 90 days (4.8 per cent). All @entity5 were resected completely. Multicentricity of @entity420 in @entity355 was detected in six cases and high-grade @entity1141 in 28. Some 31 @entity1 had infiltration of the submucosa, whereas in ten, @entity189 was limited to the mucosa. No @entity1 with @entity420 had lymph node metastases, whereas five of the 31 with submucosal infiltration showed lymph node involvement. The 5-year survival rate of the total group of 41 @entity1 , including postoperative mortality, was 83 per cent. All ten @entity1 with @entity420 limited to the mucosa (pT1a) were alive at 5 years; of 31 with submucosal infiltration (pT1b) 79 per cent survived to 5 years (P not significant). @entity1 without lymph node @entity3 had a 5-year survival rate of 81 per cent, compared with 50 per cent for those in the @entity3121 category (P not significant). CONCLUSION: Oesophagectomy for early @entity420 is safe and leads to a favourable long-term prognosis.

Early @entity420 in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity355 :: ('MESH:D001471', 'Disease') :: ["Barrett's oesophagus"] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumours'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['carcinoma'] @entity3121 :: ('5270', 'Gene') :: ['pN1'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastasis'] @entity420 :: ('MESH:D000230', 'Disease') :: ['oesophageal adenocarcinoma', 'adenocarcinoma', 'mucosal adenocarcinoma'] @entity1141 :: ('MESH:C535662', 'Disease') :: ['dysplasia']
@entity355 :: (MESH:D001471,Disease) :: ['Barrett's oesophagus']
