Background: Esophagectomy is often considered the standard treatment for resectable
esophageal cancer but the rate of cure is low. Combining neoadjuvant chemotherapy with …

Background & Aims: Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated
with a reduced risk of cancer in the digestive tract. Cyclooxygenase (COX) is the best-known …

Background: The choice of surgical strategy for patients with adenocarcinoma of the
oesophagogastric junction is controversial. This study was performed to analyse the surgical …

Background: Over the past two decades the management of esophageal cancer has
changed from the treatment of patients with advanced staged squamous cell cancers to …

Die endoluminale flexible Endoskopie gewinnt im Zeitalter der Minimierung des
Zugangstraumas bei viszeralchirurgischen Eingriffen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die …

Transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) is believed to induce a lower morbidity and mortality
compared with transthoracic esophagectomy, but to be inefficient in performing mediastinal …

Background. Due to its anatomical position carcinoma of the proximal oesophagus results in
early invasion of adjoining structures, often precluding (radical) resection. Patients and …

Gastricc cancer is the result of a long multistage carcinogenic process where environmentall
and genetic factors interact (1). Despite its declining incidence in the Westernn world, it …

Background: Over the past two decades the management of esophageal cancer has
changed from the treatment of patients with advanced staged squamous cell cancers to …

The way lymph node metastases and cancer in general are looked upon has changed
significantly over the years. From the middle of the 20th century cancer was thought of more …