放射治疗是食管癌的主要治疗手段之一 ,但 5 a生存率长期徘徊在 5 %～ 14%之间 ,而食管癌的外科切除一般在30 %左右。从统计数字看 ,手术切除疗效好于放射治疗。我院回顾分析了 1996年 1月至 1999年 1月间共收治的 2 85例单纯放疗的食管癌患者 ,报告如下。1　临床资料患者男性 Radiation therapy is one of the main treatment of esophageal cancer, but the survival rate of 5 a long-term hovering between 5% to 14%, while surgical resection of esophageal cancer is generally about 30%. Statistics show that surgical resection is better than radiation. A retrospective analysis of our hospital from January 1996 to January 1999 received a total of 2 85 cases of radiotherapy alone esophageal cancer patients, the report is as follows. 1 clinical data of patients male