The specific conditions of patients after esophageal cancer surgery vary and the long-term survival rate is different, and the survival time cannot be judged. The length of life after esophageal cancer surgery is affected by many factors, and it is impossible to say in general how long one can live after surgery. Factors affecting life expectancy include pathological type of tumor, period of tumor discovery, post-operative treatment, as well as congenital quality of life and acquired nutrition and emotion. 1.Stage I esophageal cancer patients can obtain radical resection and long-term survival through surgical treatment and regular review without metastasis and recurrence; 2.Stage II and III patients, if there is grassroots or lymph node metastasis, the chance of recurrence and metastasis after surgery is higher, and survival within 5 years is not very optimistic, especially for those with poor physique, poor mood and rapidly declining immunity after surgery, which directly affects survival time and life treatment 3.The 1-year survival rate of stage IV patients is low. Esophageal cancer includes large cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, squamous carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and so on. Depending on the patient’s age, local growth of tumor and whether distant metastasis, the postoperative survival rate of patients are different. So don’t get too tangled, match the diet reasonably, do appropriate outdoor activities, enhance the resistance and follow up regularly to improve the quality of life.