Incidence and histological distribution of malignant neoplasm of oesophagus and gastroesophageal junction in our endoscopic materials of the past and today

Introduction and objective: In Europe 5.9% of the malignant oesophageal neoplasm is oesophageal tumour. Based on data from 2003 in Hungary there were 829 new cases as well as 709 deaths due to this disease. In recent decades Western European and US data have shown significant increase in the ration of adenocarcinomas (ACC) with exceeding that of squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) in some areas. As there are only a few assessments available in Hungary our objective was to evaluate the changes in the number and histological distribution of oesophageal cancers in our own material over the past two decades. Patients and…