Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is rapidly increasing in incidence in Western cultures.
Barrett's esophagus is the presumed precursor lesion for this cancer. Several other risk …

Gastric cancer (GC) remains one of the most common causes of cancer death worldwide
with expected 5-year survival rates around 25% in Western countries. In order to improve …

Background Hybrid and minimally invasive approaches have emerged as less invasive
alternatives to open Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. The aim of this study was to compare …

Background The Ivor Lewis and Sweet approaches are the two most widely used open
transthoracic esophagectomy techniques. We evaluated and compared the therapeutic …

Objective The prognostic significance of an incomplete esophageal cancer resection due to
a positive microscopic radial margin remains unclear. The aim of this study is to examine the …

Background Circumferential resection margins (CRM) for esophageal cancer (EC), defined
by the College of American Pathologists (CAP;> 0 mm) or the Royal College of Pathologists …

Background: The prognostic impact of circumferential resection margin (CRM) involvement
in resected esophageal cancer (EC) is controversial discussed. The College of American …

Multiple factors are implicated in the long-term survival of patients who have undergone
esophagectomy, among these the involvement of longitudinal and circumferential resection …

Purpose Compare the clinical outcome of Transhiatal Esophagectomy (THE) approach and
open Thoracic Esophagectomy (TTE) approach in the carcinoma of esophagogastric …

Determining what defines an adequate esophageal resection to optimize long-term
outcomes in esophageal cancer is an elusive goal. The primary reason for this …