Table 1: Treatments Received by all Patients by Year 1985-1994: Treatment given to Total Cohort

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Total
Chemotherapy 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 131
Radiotherapy 6 8 6 6 13 11 12 13 14 17 1062
Stenting/dilatation 19 22 33 19 26 21 20 22 20 32 2343
Supportive care only 8 5 7 7 17 14 9 15 13 10 1054
Surgery 10 10 14 18 9 14 14 11 6 3 109
TOTAL 33 31 40 36 51 48 38 52 45 39 413

Notes:
1 Chemotherapy was usually given in combination but in 4 cases this was the sole treatment;
2 Radiotherapy was the primary palliative treatment in 92 cases: in 14 it was given in combination with surgery;
3 Stents were used in 83 cases. Dilatation + intubation was the sole 1o treatment in 103 cases;
4 The supportive care group include 12 patients where diagnosis was confirmed at postmortem and 37 patients where the diagnosis was established but no specific 1o therapy was given.