Research Article
Is Surgery in the Elderly for Oesophageal Cancer Justifiable? Results from a Single Centre
Table 1
Presenting symptoms.
| | <70 years () | ≥70 years () |
| Dysphagia | 122 (76%) | 31 (67%) | Weight loss | 38 (23%) | 12 (26%) | Epigastric pain | 12 (7%) | 2 (4%) | Anaemia | 8 (5%) | 3 (6.5%) | Dyspepsia | 16 (10%) | 3 (6.5%) | Heart burn | 5 (3%) | 2 (4%) |
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