Prevalence of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and gastrooesophageal junction between 1993–2003

There was a significant change in the histology of oesophageal cancers in the last few decades. The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma has risen considerably such as they are now equal or even more prevalent than squamous cell cancers in some North American and Western European countries. As no Hungarian data is available, our aim was to investigate the prevalence and histology of oesophageal and gastrooesophageal junction cancers in the last decade. Patients and methods: 451 patients diagnosed with oesophageal (n=371, 296 male/75 female, mean age at diagnosis: 57.9 SD10.1 years) or cardia (n=80, 58 male/22…