Disease
Esophageal cancer食管癌
ICD-10: C15 — Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus
Key figures
Published values only. Every tile opens the section that carries its source, its year and its caliber.
Disease details
- Standard Chinese name
- 食管癌
- English name
- Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus
Values written in Chinese are quoted as published by the source.
Also known as
- ESCC
- Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Treatment cost ranges
Every range below is published on one billing basis: Pre-reimbursement 医保报销前. The sources publish no post-reimbursement figure, so none is shown here.
| Treatment path | Cost range | Price basis | Data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery 手术 | 85000 – 95000 CNY | Condition package price 病种打包全包价 | 2020–2021 |
| Radiotherapy 放疗 | 42000 – 53000 CNY | Per-item price 项目价 | 2025–2026 |
| Chemotherapy 化疗 | 7250 – 10500 CNY | Condition package price 病种打包全包价 | 2020–2021 |
| Targeted therapy 靶向 | 85000 – 105000 CNY | Per-item price 项目价 | 2025 |
| Immunotherapy 免疫 | 32043 – 43803 CNY | Per-item price 项目价 | 2024–2025 |
The bars share one scale across the rows above: each starts at that row's lower published figure and ends at its upper one. The highest upper figure on this page is 105000 CNY. Each row keeps its own data year and caliber.
5 cost ranges for this condition, each with its source on the row page.
Values written in Chinese are quoted as published by the source.
Five-year survival
5-year survival rate 27.9% 95% CI 27.5–28.2
- Population
- Overall (all stages combined) · Age-standardised relative survival 总体(全分期合并)· 年龄标准化相对生存率
- Period
- 2019–2021
- Publisher
- National Cancer Center 国家癌症中心
- Value nature
- Estimated value (hybrid analysis) 估计值(混合法)
- Registry scope
- 281 population-based cancer registries 281 个肿瘤登记处
- Stage data availability
- Not published
Values written in Chinese are quoted as published by the source.
How to read this figure. It is published for all stages combined, so it is an average over everyone in the national registry data rather than a prognosis for one person. For most cancers, the stage at diagnosis is the strongest single factor behind survival differences: survival is generally higher when the cancer is found at an earlier stage and lower when it is found later. Comparisons between cancers are also shaped by how early or late each one tends to be diagnosed, so a lower figure does not by itself mean worse care.
Hospitals with a published record for this condition
Selected using official public data sources
These hospitals are selected from official public data sources — the Fudan University hospital specialty reputation rankings, the national key clinical specialties list and national clinical research centres — so each line on a card can be checked against its published source. This is not a paid or promoted listing.
How these hospitals were selected
Admission. A hospital is listed for a condition when the specialty that condition is filed under carries at least one of: a place or a nomination in the Fudan University hospital specialty reputation ranking; a national key clinical specialty record at level A, B or C; or a national clinical research centre or a state key laboratory in that specialty. JCI accreditation is shown as a badge; it never decides admission and it never decides order.
Order. Step 1: a Fudan place between 1 and 10 for the specialty. Step 2: another Fudan place, or a nomination. Step 3: a level-A national key clinical specialty. Step 4: a level-B national key clinical specialty. Step 5: a national clinical research centre or a state key laboratory in the specialty, a centre before a laboratory. Step 6: a level-C national key clinical specialty, which is a record we publish without an independent official source and which is therefore listed after the others.
Ties. Within one step: the better Fudan place first, then the stronger key-specialty level (A before B before C), then the province, then the city, then the hospital name - the same province-city-name order the hospital directory uses. At most eight hospitals are listed.
When the list is short. Five hospitals or more: the first eight are listed. Three or four: all of them are listed, and a further fold adds the remaining records up to eight, each carrying its evidence level. One or two: the same, with that fold open and a line stating how many hospitals have a strong public record. None: the page states that no strong public record was found and links to the specialty directory. A place, an institution or a count is never invented to fill the list.
The Fudan rankings are the hospital specialty reputation ranking most widely recognised by Chinese clinicians, published annually by Fudan University's hospital management institute.
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Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences中国医学科学院肿瘤医院
Fudan specialty reputation ranking 2023
- Thoracic Surgery #1 https://www.fdygs.com/news2023-1.aspx
National key clinical specialty
- Thoracic Surgery (level B) https://www.cicams.ac.cn/news/401.html
Published research
- Design of NanoBiT-Nanobody-based FGL1 biosensors for early assisted diagnosis of esophageal cancer. Biomaterials, 2025
- Development of a Combined Risk Factors Prediction Model for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Secondary Analysis of the Linxian Nutrition Intervention Trial Cohort. Research square, 2026
1 more published study
PubMed indexes 3 papers on this condition that name this hospital.
Also ranked: Medical Oncology #1, Urology nominated in the Fudan list.
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Shanghai Chest Hospital上海市胸科医院(暨上海交通大学医学院附属胸科医院)
Fudan specialty reputation ranking 2023
- Thoracic Surgery #2 https://www.fdygs.com/news2023-1.aspx
National key clinical specialty
- Thoracic Surgery (level B) https://www.shxkyy.com/hz/list/190/1400.html
Published research
- Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy versus Chemoradiotherapy in Resectable Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Reconstructed Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Annals of surgical oncology, 2026
- Real-World Analysis of Neoadjuvant Immunochemotherapy Followed by Surgery in Esophageal Cancer with Baseline Supraclavicular Lymph Node Involvement. Annals of surgical oncology, 2026
4 more published studies
PubMed indexes 6 papers on this condition that name this hospital.
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Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital上海市肺科医院
Fudan specialty reputation ranking 2023
- Thoracic Surgery #3 https://www.fdygs.com/news2023-1.aspx
National key clinical specialty
- Thoracic Surgery (level B) https://www.shsfkyy.com/gzb/list/b980f2cf4b134e5d85397ced965ce260/74344ed2746449a68d71c2b76c8cf423.html
Also ranked: Respiratory Medicine nominated in the Fudan list.
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West China Hospital, Sichuan University四川大学华西医院
Fudan specialty reputation ranking 2023
- Thoracic Surgery #4 https://www.fdygs.com/news2023-1.aspx
National key clinical specialty
- Thoracic Surgery (level A) https://wcums.scu.edu.cn/kxyan_jiu/gjlczdzk.htm
Also ranked: General Surgery #3, Urology #2 (tied), Otorhinolaryngology #8 in the Fudan list.
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First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University广州医科大学附属第一医院
Fudan specialty reputation ranking 2023
- Thoracic Surgery #5 https://www.fdygs.com/news2023-1.aspx
National key clinical specialty
- Thoracic Surgery (level B) https://www.gyfyyy.cn/cn/news/xwsd/index_88.html
Published research
- The surrogacy of disease-free survival for overall survival in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy. International journal of clinical oncology, 2026
PubMed indexes 1 paper on this condition that names this hospital.
Also ranked: Respiratory Medicine #1, Urology nominated in the Fudan list.
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Zhongshan Hospital复旦大学附属中山医院
Fudan specialty reputation ranking 2023
- Thoracic Surgery #6 https://www.fdygs.com/news2023-1.aspx
National key clinical specialty
- Thoracic Surgery (level B) https://www.zs-hospital.sh.cn/zhuanye/content/5140.html
Also ranked: General Surgery #2, Gastroenterology #9, Respiratory Medicine #6 in the Fudan list.
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Peking University People's Hospital北京大学人民医院
Fudan specialty reputation ranking 2023
- Thoracic Surgery #7 https://www.fdygs.com/news2023-1.aspx
National key clinical specialty
- Thoracic Surgery (level B) https://www.pkuph.cn/news_details/26715.html
Also ranked: General Surgery #10, Gynecology #7, Otorhinolaryngology nominated in the Fudan list.
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Ruijin Hospital上海交通大学医学院附属瑞金医院
Fudan specialty reputation ranking 2023
- Thoracic Surgery #7 (tied) https://www.fdygs.com/news2023-1.aspx
Published research
- Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradioimmunotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. International journal of clinical oncology, 2026
- Intratumor Lactobacillus drives ferroptosis resistance via D-lactate-STAT3 K631 lactylation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Gut microbes, 2026
PubMed indexes 2 papers on this condition that name this hospital.
Also ranked: General Surgery #4, Respiratory Medicine #5, Infectious Diseases 传染感染 #6 in the Fudan list.
Clinical trials (investigational treatments)
In addition to standard care, clinical research studies for Esophageal cancer may currently be open to participants in China. The treatments under study have not been approved by the regulator as standard therapy — they are clinical research, not routine treatment. Each record names the lead investigator and the hospital running the study. If you are interested, contact the hospital to ask about eligibility and choose whether to apply.
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Study Anhui Provincial Hospita
- Hospital
- Anhui Provincial Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT05833594
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Study A Multicenter Phase II Clinical Study of Neoadjuvant Use of Camrelizumab in Combination With Chemotherapy for Organ Preservation in Esophageal Cancer
- Hospital
- Peking University Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT06869226
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Study Comparing Hypofractionated Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Versus Conventional Fractionated Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Following Induction Chemo-immunotherapy in Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Prospective, Open-Label, Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial
- Lead investigator
- Hui Liu · Professor
- Hospital
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT06912074
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Study A Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of LY01015 and Opdivo®(Nivolumab Injection)Combined Respectively With Fluorouracil Plus Cisplatin in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
- Hospital
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT06022861
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Study A Phase II Study of Toripalimab Combined With Sequential Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Hospital
- Nanfang Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT06843889
27 more registered studies
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Study Lerotinib Versus Investigator's Choice Single-agent Chemotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced/Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and EGFR Overexpression That Progressed After Second-line Therapy:Phase 3 Study
- Hospital
- Chinese PLA General Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT04415853
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Study A Phase II, Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of SKB500 Combinations in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Hospital
- Jilin Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07700667
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Study Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Plus Chemotherapy and Anlotinib Versus Immunotherapy Combined With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in the Treatment of Locally Advanced ESCC
- Lead investigator
- Mengxia Li
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT06354530
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Study A Single-arm, Single-center, Exploratory Clinical Study of Adebrelimab Combined With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Hospital
- The Second Hospital of Shandong University
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07430579
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Study Phase III Study of Concurrent Radiotherapy in Elderly Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESO-Shanghai 15)
- Hospital
- Jiangsu Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT04519905
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Study Exploratory Clinical Trial of Oral Paclitaxel Plus Radiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Unresectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Lead investigator
- Ning Jiang, M.D./Ph.D. · Jiangsu Cancer Institute & Hospital
- Hospital
- Jiangsu Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07435454
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Study Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Postoperative Radiotherapy in Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy
- Lead investigator
- Benhua Xu · Director,Radiation Oncology
- Hospital
- Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT03734952
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Study Perioperative Immunoagent (Tislelizumab) Plus Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Resectable Thoracic Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Trail:A Prospective Single-arm,Phase II Study (PILOT Trail)
- Lead investigator
- Guo Xufeng · Principal Investigator
- Hospital
- Shanghai Chest Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT06056336
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Study Efficacy and Safety of Ivonescimab Combined With Short-Course Hypofractionated Radiotherapy as Second-Line Therapy for Locally Advanced/Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Prospective, Single-Center, Single-Arm Phase II Clinical Study
- Hospital
- Anhui Provincial Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07188103
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Study Influence Mechanism of Tumor Microenvironment Changes on Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Lead investigator
- Yongshun Chen · professor
- Hospital
- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT05894369
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Study Chemoradiation Versus Chemotherapy in Combination with Tislelizumab As First Line Treatment for Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Low PD-L1 Expression (RENMIN-236): Multicentre, Randomised, Phase 3 Trial
- Lead investigator
- Yongshun Chen · Professor
- Hospital
- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT05919030
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Study A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Total Two-field Lymph Node Dissection of Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Lead investigator
- Peng Lin · Clinical Professor
- Hospital
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT04174079
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Study Adjuvant Esophagectomy Versus Chemoradiation for Patients With Clinical Stage N0 and Pathological Stage T1b (After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, ESD) Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Ad-ESD Trial): a Multicentric, Open Label, Randomized Trial
- Lead investigator
- Zhigang Li · Chief of Department of Esophageal Surgery, Deputy of Department of Thoracic Surgery
- Hospital
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT04135664
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Study An Open-label, Multicenter, Phase II Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of JS212 Combination Therapy in Patients With Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC)
- Hospital
- Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07484724
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Study The Effect of Chronic Stress on Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Esophageal Cancer
- Lead investigator
- Fang Wu · chief physician
- Hospital
- Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT05967910
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Study Multimodal Deep Learning for Predicting Treatment Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy in Esophageal Cancer
- Lead investigator
- Chen Chen · Associate Professor
- Hospital
- Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07063901
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Study A Single-center, Prospective Cohort Study of Neoadjuvant Anti-PD-1 Plus Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Hospital
- Zhongshan Hospital
- Status
- Recruiting
- Registry
- NCT05740995
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Study Development and Application of AI-Based Therapeutic Strategies for Esophageal Cancer Integrating Multimodal Imaging and Digital Pathology
- Lead investigator
- Qujinrong · Clinical Professor
- Hospital
- Henan Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07203690
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Study Indocyanine Green-guided Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Versus Systematic Lymph Node Dissection in cN0 Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: a Multicenter, Prospective, Non-inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial
- Hospital
- Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07788001
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Study Definitive Proton Radiotherapy Combined With Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Phase I Clinical Study
- Hospital
- Anhui Provincial Hospital
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07034118
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Study A Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Controlled, Multicenter Phase III Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Anlotinib Hydrochloride Combined With Benmelstobart Versus Toripalimab Combined With Chemotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Harboring Specific Gene Mutations
- Lead investigator
- Feng Wang · professor
- Hospital
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07446335
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Study Development and Multicenter Validation of Standardized MRI Acquisition and Structured Reporting for Primary Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Dual-Cohort Study of T Staging and Tumor Regression Grading
- Lead investigator
- Xiangbo Wan · Chief Physician and Principal Investigator
- Hospital
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07769658
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Study Construction of Artificial Intelligence Model for Esophageal Cancer Digital Twin Patients and Drug Efficacy Simulation Verification Based on Supercomputing Platform and Multi-Omics Data
- Lead investigator
- YanZheng,MD · Director
- Hospital
- Henan Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07757022
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Study Application of Toripalimab as Adjuvant Therapy After Esophageal Cancer Surgery: A Multicenter, Phase III Clinical Trial
- Lead investigator
- YanZheng,MD · Director of Clinical Trials Center
- Hospital
- Henan Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07332221
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Study Evaluation of Neoadjuvant Therapy Efficacy and Postoperative Pathological Indicators in Esophageal Cancer Using CT and Multimodal MRI
- Lead investigator
- Qujinrong · Clinical Professor
- Hospital
- Henan Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT06833775
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Study A Prospective, Randomized, Open, Phase II Clinical Study of Chidamide in Combination with Camrelizumab and Apatinib for Advanced Esophageal Cancer
- Hospital
- Peking University Cancer Hospital
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT06745193
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Study Prospective Single-Arm Study of QL1706 Plus Chemotherapy for Borderline Resectable Esophageal Cancer
- Lead investigator
- Hecheng Li M.D., Ph.D · Chair of Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
- Hospital
- Ruijin Hospital
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Registry
- NCT07283991
This page only shares publicly registered study information. It does not recommend or encourage joining any study. Participation is entirely voluntary and the risks of an unapproved treatment are unknown; contact the hospital directly for eligibility and informed-consent details.
Hospitals with a national key specialty record
Show the hospital records 28 hospitals with a key-specialty record
Each row is a hospital with a national key clinical specialty record in a specialty this condition is filed under. This is a record of published listings, not a recommendation and not a ranking.
28 hospitals with a matching national key specialty record.
Values written in Chinese are quoted as published by the source.
Questions about this condition
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ICD codes
Show the code table 9 ICD codes
| Version | Code | Name in that version |
|---|---|---|
| ICD-10-WHO | C15 | Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus |
| ICD-10-WHO | C15.0 | Cervical part of oesophagus |
| ICD-10-WHO | C15.1 | Thoracic part of oesophagus |
| ICD-10-WHO | C15.2 | Abdominal part of oesophagus |
| ICD-10-WHO | C15.3 | Upper third of oesophagus |
| ICD-10-WHO | C15.4 | Middle third of oesophagus |
| ICD-10-WHO | C15.5 | Lower third of oesophagus |
| ICD-10-WHO | C15.8 | Overlapping lesion of oesophagus |
| ICD-10-WHO | C15.9 | Oesophagus, unspecified |
Rows are the WHO ICD-10 entries for this condition, quoted as published.
Source & evidence
- Source URL
- https://wjw.fujian.gov.cn/xxgk/fgwj/zxwj/201904/P020190412506737868905.xlsx
- Source scheme
- https
- Source type
- Provincial health commission
- Evidence level
- A - said by a provincial health commission or university
- Retrieved on
- 2026-09-24