What are the factors for successful surgery of esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the esophageal epithelial tissue, accounting for 2% of all malignant tumors. Surgical treatment is the most common treatment for esophageal cancer. The so-called surgical treatment success rate refers to whether the 5-year survival period will be extended after surgical treatment. Only by understanding the various factors that affect the success rate of esophageal cancer surgery can we pay more attention to the perioperative period, truly extend the patient's survival period, and improve the quality of life.

Key points that need to be noted in the perioperative treatment of esophageal cancer:

1. Does the patient have lymph node metastasis?

2. Whether the cancer has infiltrated the periphery of the esophageal wall.

3. The measurement of tumor length is based on 3 cm.

4. Whether the residual resection margin cancer is positive.

5. The length of the patient's illness: The five-year survival rate after surgery for patients with esophageal cancer whose illness lasts for more than half a year will be greatly reduced.

6. Be alert to the occurrence of postoperative complications: The occurrence of severe postoperative complications greatly reduces the success rate of surgical treatment of esophageal cancer. It is recommended that you first receive adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy before surgery, and then perform tumor biological therapy after surgery to consolidate the results, which can effectively alleviate the occurrence of postoperative complications, improve the success rate of surgical treatment, and prolong survival.