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ReviewAnnals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia2016

Current Advancement in Multidisciplinary Treatment for Resectable cStage II/III Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Japan.

Satoru Matsuda, Hiroya Takeuchi, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Nobutoshi Ando, Yuko Kitagawa

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Review in Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Influence of Regional Anesthesia on the Rate of Chronic Postthoracotomy Pain Syndrome in Lung Cancer Patients.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2018
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  6. Overexpression of cat eye syndrome chromosome region, candidate 2 in esophageal squamous carcinoma cell promotes tumor aggressiveness by facilitating NF-κB signaling and inhibition of p53-associated apoptosis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  13. Oncological and physiological impact of thoracic duct resection in esophageal cancer.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2023
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  19. Lymph node metastatic patterns and the development of multidisciplinary treatment for esophageal cancer.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Satoru MatsudaDepartment of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroya Takeuchi
Hirofumi Kawakubo
Nobutoshi Ando
Yuko Kitagawa

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multidisciplinary treatment comprising surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy for resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is widely used with improved prognosis. Transthoracic esophagectomy (TTE) with extended lymph node (LN) dissection, known as three field LN dissection, has been recommended for ESCC using open thoracotomy or the thoracoscopic approach. The Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) trial (JCOG1409) is investigating the patients' long term survival using the thoracoscopic approach that has been shown to reduce the incidence of postoperative respiratory complication. For perioperative treatment, neoadjuvant chemotherapy using cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), has been accepted as the standard of care in Japan based on the JCOG9907 trial. In Western countries, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy was shown to prolong overall survival for esophageal cancer, including ESCC. Although surgery has been recognized as an initial curative treatment for esophageal cancer, definitive chemoradiotherapy is an alternative treatment for patients who are unable to undergo thoracotomy or who decline to undergo surgery. This article reviews multidisciplinary treatment advances for ESCC. However, current standard treatments are country dependent and the ongoing trial may help standardize ESCC treatment across various societies.

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Chemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantLymph Node ExcisionNeoadjuvant TherapyAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarcinoma, Squamous CellChemotherapy, AdjuvantCisplatinEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaEsophagectomyFluorouracilHumansJapanNeoplasm StagingTreatment OutcomeCisplatinFluorouracil

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PMID27384595
PMCPMC5088392

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