Background Within the framework of the quality initiative of the German Society for General
and Visceral Surgery (DGAV) a review article was compiled based on a systematic literature …

Background An increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma, a modified surgical strategy and
the increasing use of multimodal therapeutic protocols have had a major impact on the …

The last two decades have seen an improvement in the survival of patients with esophageal
cancer, mostly due to the introduction of neoadjuvant therapy and to a decreased mortality …

Background: Management of esophageal cancer has changed to a combined modality
approach over the past two decades due to poor outcome. Recently, multimodal treatment …

Esophageal resection remains the primary treatment for local regional esophageal cancer,
although its role in superficial (T1A) cancers and squamous cell cancer is in evolution …

Esophageal cancer is a male-dominant aggressive malignancy and a leading cause of
cancer-related mortality worldwide. Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma are the …

Background Esophagectomy is the mainstay of surgical treatment of esophageal cancer, but
involves high operative risk. The aim of this study was to review the evolution surgical …

Management of esophageal cancer has evolved since the two last decades.
Esophagectomy remains the primary treatment for early stage esophageal cancer although …

Simple Summary Subtotal resection of the esophagus with resection of local lymph nodes is
the oncological procedure of choice for advanced esophageal cancer. Reconstruction of the …

Esophageal cancer is one of the most malignant tumors in man. A better understanding of
the biology of esophageal cancer as well as surgical technical advances have significantly …