Oesophageal carcinoma

A Pennathur, MK Gibson, BA Jobe, JD Luketich - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Oesophageal carcinoma affects more than 450 000 people worldwide and the incidence is
rapidly increasing. Squamous-cell carcinoma is the predominant form of oesophageal …

Outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy: review of over 1000 patients

JD Luketich, A Pennathur, O Awais, RM Levy… - Annals of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Esophagectomy is a complex operation and is associated with significant
morbidity and mortality. In an attempt to lower morbidity, we have adopted a minimally …

Outcomes after esophagectomy: a ten-year prospective cohort

SH Bailey, DA Bull, DH Harpole, JJ Rentz… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement
Program is a unique resource to prospectively analyze surgical outcomes from a cross …

Reducing hospital morbidity and mortality following esophagectomy

BZ Atkins, AS Shah, KA Hutcheson, JH Mangum… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Esophagogastrectomy (EG) is a formidable operation with significant
morbidity and mortality rates. Risk factor analyses have been performed, but few studies …

Comparison of the outcomes between open and minimally invasive esophagectomy

BM Smithers, DC Gotley, I Martin, JM Thomas - Annals of surgery, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We report patient outcomes from esophageal resection with respect to morbidity
and cancer survival comparing open thoracotomy and laparotomy (Open), with a …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of major morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database …

CD Wright, JC Kucharczuk, SM O'Brien, JD Grab… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To create a model for perioperative risk of esophagectomy for cancer using the
Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database. METHODS: The Society of …

Surgical treatment of esophageal cancer in the era of multimodality management

AS Borggreve, BF Kingma… - Annals of the New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, the treatment of resectable esophageal cancer has evolved into a
multidisciplinary process in which all players are essential for treatment to be successful …

Esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancers

JA Ajani, JS Barthel, DJ Bentrem, TA D'Amico… - Journal of the National …, 2011 - jnccn.org
Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers in: Journal of the National
Comprehensive Cancer Network Volume 9 Issue 8 (2011) Jump to Content User Account …

Complete pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer is associated with enhanced survival

JM Donahue, FC Nichols, Z Li, DA Schomas… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by esophagogastrectomy has
become the standard of care for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. This …

Transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy for the treatment of esophagogastric cancer: a meta-analysis

PR Boshier, O Anderson, GB Hanna - Annals of surgery, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To study the differences in short and long-term outcomes of transthoracic and
transhiatal esophagectomy for cancer. Background: Studies have compared transthoracic …