Treatment of Post-Cricoid Carcinoma

Surgical treatment of post-cricoid carcinoma.

The association between webs, iron and post-cricoid carcinoma.

The association of iron deficiency anaemia, postcricoid webs and carcinoma is controversial. The main findings in a recent study which re-examined this problem are presented here. It was shown that the majority of patients with a post-cricoid web have evidence of iron deficiency but that only about 10°O of patients with iron deficiency develop post-cricoid webs. Factors which might be important...

The association between webs , iron and post - cricoid carcinoma MORAG

The association of iron deficiency anaemia, postcricoid webs and carcinoma is controversial. The main findings in a recent study which re-examined this problem are presented here. It was shown that the majority of patients with a post-cricoid web have evidence of iron deficiency but that only about 10°O of patients with iron deficiency develop post-cricoid webs. Factors which might be important...

Post-cricoid carcinoma in patients with pernicious anaemia.

Post-cricoid carcinoma occurs mainly in women and is often associated with a history of iron-deficiency anaemia. In some cases dysphagia has been present for many years. An association of this type of cancer with pernicious anaemia is not generally recognized. A recent study of 93 cases of post-cricoid carcinoma (Jacobs, 1961a) showed that 29 had suffered from iron-deficiency anaemia and that f...

The association between webs , iron and post - cricoid carcinoma MORAG CHISHOLM

The association of iron deficiency anaemia, postcricoid webs and carcinoma is controversial. The main findings in a recent study which re-examined this problem are presented here. It was shown that the majority of patients with a post-cricoid web have evidence of iron deficiency but that only about 10°O of patients with iron deficiency develop post-cricoid webs. Factors which might be important...