Abstract
The following are the resume of the clinical, laryngoscopic and esophagoscopic observation of the 50 cases examined and treated with radiation during the past 17 years at Kyushu University.
1) The incidence was highest with people in their fifties.
2) Cancer of the entrance of the esophagus was met with more commonly in women, andcancer of the cervical esophagus, in men.
3) Initial symptoms were mostly pain in swallowing with cancer of the entrance of theesophagus, and dysphagia with cancer of the cervical esophagus.
4) Edema of the corniculate tubercule, paralysis of recurrent nerves, laryngeal fixation and growth of tumor were found in laryngoscopic examinations. Saliva retention in the laryngopharynx is an important symptom of cancer of the cervical esophagus and of laryngopharynx.
5) Swelling of the thyroid gland was found in 8 cases.
6) Lymph node metastasis was found in 17 cases (34%).
7) Gastrostomy was carried out in 15 Patients, and tracheotomy in 11 Patients.
