Table 1

 Topography and histology of upper gastrointestinal tumours

SiteHistological type
AdenocarcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaMalignant lymphomaCarcinoid tumourTotal (n (%))
GOJ, gastro-oesophageal junction.
Proximal oesophagus12122 (4.4)
Middle oesophagus58590 (18.0)
Distal oesophagus203757 (11.4)
GOJ42547 (9.4)
Gastric cardia1251126 (25.3)
Gastric corpus73174 (14.8)
Gastric antrum792182 (16.4)
Gastrojejunostomy11 (0.2)
Total34514842499 (100.0)