Modern surgery for esophageal cancer. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Primary treatment of carcinoma of the esophagus and cardia rests on surgical resection. Although recent advances have shown the suitability of endoscopic treatment in selected patients with very early cancers, and preliminary studies have suggested that responders to primary chemoradiation may be equivalent to resection in selected patients with squamous cell carcinoma, surgical resection remains the mainstay of therapy, as it has for the past 50 years. Various changes support highly individualized treatment decisions, in which each patient receives the treatment with the best chance of eliminating all disease.

publication date

  • December 1, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Esophageal Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 56349138181

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.gtc.2008.09.008

PubMed ID

  • 19028327

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 37

issue

  • 4