National Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Audit 2016

This report aims to give an overall picture of the care provided to patients with oesophago-gastric cancer or oesophageal HGD by NHS services. It provides information on the: management of patients with HGD of the oesophagus; routes to diagnosis for OG cancer patients, and their staging investigations; treatment planning for OG cancer patients; patterns of curative surgery, admissions to intensive care, and short-term outcomes; use of radiotherapy in palliative treatment; and longer term survival after diagnosis with oesophago-gastric cancer.
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