Intensify standardized therapy for esophageal and stomach cancer in tumor hospitals

Table 1 Treatment modalities of esophageal and stomach cancer patients from 1981 to 1997 in Hebei Tumor Hospital

Treatment modality	Esopageal cancer			Stomach cancer
	n	%	Cured & improved (%)	n	%	Cured & improved (%)
Surgery	4683	48.93	92.70	5328	67.48	59.51
Radiotherapy	3146	32.87	93.01	1758	22.26	56.66
Chemotherapy	264	2.76	91.67	117	1.48	84.67
Surgery + radiotherapy	343	3.58	95.04	260	3.29	93.83
Surgery + chemotherapy	41	0.43		114	1.44	88.60
Chemo-radiotherapy	24	0.25	87.50	8		87.50
Surgery + radio + chemotherapy	5			4		75.00
Other therapy	1064	11.12	53.20	307	3.89	83.71
Total	9570	100.00	88.46	7896	100.00	84.04