Profiling Esophageal Carcinoma (EC) among Patients Presenting to a Medical College in Rural Area of North-West India

Background: Esophageal carcinoma (EC) is on increase across the world probably because of an increase in the factors associated with it. Material and Methods: A retrospective analysis of the patients of esophageal carcinoma presenting from November 2014 to October 2016. The analysis focused on location within the esophagus and histopathological typing. Results: Fifty patients of esophageal carcinoma were referred to the medical college. Their mean age, sex, location of the lesion in upper, middle or lower esophagus, and histopathological type was evaluated. Ratio of male to female in the study was 1.6:1. The mean age of the patients was arrived at 63.92 ± 12.86 years. Majority of the patients were in the age group of 51-70 years. Squamous cell carcinoma was found in 92% of cases and only 4% cases had adenocarcinoma. Most common location of the tumor was middle one third of the esophagus. Conclusion: Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common histological type seen among patients presenting with carcinoma esophagus.