• Dr. Naser Ahmad Mohammadi

Background: Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, accounting for about 5% (407,000 deaths) of all cancer deaths annually. It is the eighth most common cancer worldwide (1). Esophageal cancer usually presents at an advanced stage, and thus curative treatment is limited and the prognosis is poor, with an overall 5year survival no greater than 20%.(1) Objective: This study aimed to determine the Risk Factor for esophageal cancer patients registered at Mehraban Hospital Herat -Afghanistan. Materials and methods: A quantitative retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using the medical records of patients diagnosed from 23 August 2021 to 21 May 2022. Data includes information on gender, age, risk factors, diet, address and types of cancer diagnosed. The data was transferred to a customized form and analyzed using Microsoft Excel program to classify cancer types. Results: The total number of patients with completed documents were 70. Of these, 43 (61.4%) were male and 27 (38.5%) were female. Most of the patients were in the age range of 35–85 years. The most common cancers were adenocarcinoma 38(54.3%) and squamous cell carcinoma 32(45.7%). Conclusion: Results showed that the esophageal adenocarcinoma was more than esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Oesophageal cancer was predominant in men and majority of them were in sixth decade of life. Use of smokeless dipping tobacco (Locally termed as “Naswar”) and dried salted meat were found in most oesophageal cancer patients.

Adenocarcinoma, Oesophageal cancer, tobacco (Naswar)

"Descriptive Study of Risk Factors for Esophageal Cancers diagnosed at Mehraban Hospital, Herat, Afghanistan", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.c196-c201, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206224.pdf

"Descriptive Study of Risk Factors for Esophageal Cancers diagnosed at Mehraban Hospital, Herat, Afghanistan", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppc196-c201, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206224.pdf