Radiotherapy of 180 cases of operable esophageal carcinoma

Table 4 Comparison of results of resectional 5-year survival rates with the present series

Treatment	Author	Year	Operation year	5-year survival rate
				No.	%
Surgery	Wu [15]	1962	1940-1960	18/76	23.7
	Gu [6]	1964	1953-1957	21/91	23.1
	Wu [16]	1979	1957-1973	276-1040	26.6
	Li [10]	1979	1957-1973	164/664	24.7
	Li [9]	1980	1969-1973	59/201	29.4
	Zhang [17]	1980	1952-1978	303/1290	23.5
	Giuli [5]	1980	1970-1979	375/1870	20.1
	Shao [14]	1987	1965-1985	958/2032	47.11
	Jauch [8]	1992	1982-1989	17/86	19.8
	Elias [4]	1992	1982-1990	30/128	23.4
	Vigneswaran [16]	1993	1985-1991	27/131	20.6
	Zhang [17]	1994	1958-1992	942/3099	30.4
Radiotherapy	Present series		1958-1987	42/180	23.3

¹Including some very early lesions as discovered by cytology in public screening.