World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Table 2 Reasons for cancelation of esophagectomy according to time period and histology. AC adenocarcinoma, SCC squamous cell carcinoma

From: Analysis of patients scheduled for neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery for esophageal cancer, who never made it to esophagectomy

Reasons	2002–2010		2011–2015		Total (%)
Reasons	AC	SCC	AC	SCC
Death during treatment	0	4	4	1	9 (7.9)
Disease progression	14	13	15	8	50 (43.9)
Irresectability	3	8	2	1	14 (12.3)
Own decision	4	5	1	5	15 (13.2)
Poor general condition	3	8	6	9	26 (22.8)
Total	24	38	28	24	114
Reasons	AC	SCC	2002–2010	2011–2015
Death during treatment	4	5	4	5
Disease progression	29	21	27	23
Irresectability	5^a	9^a	11^b	3^b
Own decision	5^c	10^c	9	6
Poor general condition	9^d	17^d	11	15
Total	52	62	62	52

^ap = 0.032
^bp = 0.044
^cp = 0.018
^dp = 0.002

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