Clinical Study

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Treatment of Patients Aged 75 Years and over with Esophageal Cancer

Table 2

Histological type and tumor location.

≥75 years ( 𝑛 = 1 3 ) <75 years ( 𝑛 = 4 9 ) P value

Histological typen.s.
 Squamous cell carcinoma13 (100%)46 (94%)
 Adenocarcinoma0 (0%)3 (6%)
Tumor locationn.s.
 Cervical0 (0%)0 (0%)
 Upper thoracic3 (23%)5 (10%)
 Mid-thoracic9 (69%)33 (67%)
 Lower thoracic1 (8%)8 (16%)
 Esophagogastric junction0 (0%)3 (6%)

n.s.: not significant.