Textbook outcome for esophageal cancer surgery is a composite quality measure including
10 short-term surgical outcomes reflecting an uneventful perioperative course. Achieved …

Abstract Introduction In 2017 the Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit Group
proposed a ten-item composite measure for a 'textbook outcome'(TBO) following oesophago …

Purpose Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) metastasizes in an unpredictable
fashion to adjacent lymph nodes, including those along the recurrent laryngeal nerves …

Background Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is a technically challenging procedure
with a substantial learning curve. Composite volume of upper gastrointestinal (upper GI) …

Large primary tumor volume has been identified as a poor prognostic factor of esophageal
squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy …

Background Lymph node metastases are associated with poor prognosis in oral cavity
squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC). In other cancers, clinical guidelines on the number of …

Background Multimodal therapy regimens became the standard of care for patients with
esophageal cancer, whereas surgical resection remains at the center of curative treatment …

Given the association between lymphadenectomy and survival after esophagectomy, and
the ongoing development of effective adjuvant protocols for identified residual disease, we …

The current standard of care for patients with locally advanced, resectable esophageal
cancer is trimodality therapy with chemoradiotherapy followed by esophagectomy and …

Background Lymph node metastasis is a primary contributor to tumor progression in
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), and the optimal extent of lymphadenectomy …