Abstract
The treatment of twenty four patients suffering from hypopharynx and cervical esophageal cancer during a six year period were reviewed. The age of these patients ranged between fourth and eighth decade; seven patients were in their eighties, six in their seventies or sixties. Thirteen patients were female, and eleven were male. The primary lesion observed in these patients were in the pyriformis sinus (7), postcricoid (5), cervical esophagus (5), lateral wall of hypopharynx (4), or posterior wall (3). The size of the tumor in primary examination were T-1 in four, T-2 in eighteen, T-3 in two patients. The regional lymphnode were palpable in thirteen patients. Radical radiation therapy were performed in eight patients and five of them are alive at present. Radiotherapy for primary lesion combined with radical neck dissection to regional lymphnodes were performed in three patients (T-2, N-2), and none of them is alive. After 50 GY radiation, extripation of tumors were performed in thirteen patients and six of them are alive. Pharyngogastrostomy is recommended as a method of hypopharynx reconstruction.
