食管癌在我国北方发病率较高。河南省林县食管癌的发病率高达108.5/10万人口,居人口死亡原因的首位,严重威胁着劳动人民的健康。医疗科研人员遵照毛主席关于“为什么人的问题,是一个根本的问题,原则的问题”的教导,面向基层,深入到食管癌高发地区,在各级党组织的领导下,和广大群众的大力支持下,在农村进行普查普治,及时发现,就地治疗。从1964年10月至1974年10月,特别是在无产阶级文化大革命的推动下,在林县的县、社级医院,10年期间共手术治疗食管癌1,228例。这组病例比一些城市医院食管癌的切除率及五年以上生存率均有较大的提高。其中早期食管癌 The incidence of esophageal cancer is high in northern China. The incidence of esophageal cancer in Lin County, Henan Province, is as high as 108.5 per 100,000 population, which ranks first in the cause of death among the population, which seriously threatens the health of working people. The medical researchers follow Chairman Mao’s teaching on “why is the problem of the person, is a fundamental issue, a matter of principle”, face the grassroots, go deep into areas with high incidence of esophageal cancer, under the leadership of party organizations at all levels, and the masses of the people Under the support of the general investigation in the rural areas, timely detection, in situ treatment. From October 1964 to October 1974, especially under the impetus of the proletarian cultural revolution, 1,228 cases of esophageal cancer were treated surgically in the counties and hospitals of Lin County during the 10 years. This group of patients had a greater improvement in the rate of resection of esophageal cancer and survival rates over five years than in some urban hospitals. Early esophageal cancer