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ReviewAnnals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia2017

Current Status and Future Prospects for Esophageal Cancer Treatment.

Makoto Sohda, Hiroyuki Kuwano

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Review in Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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105 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Outcomes of Intraoperative Pyloric Drainage on Delayed Gastric Emptying Following Esophagectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023
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  12. 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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  18. Targeting c-Myc-p300-CARM1 complex induces ferroptosis and reduces CD8International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Makoto SohdaDepartment of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Hiroyuki Kuwano

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The local control effect of esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection (3FLD) is reaching its limit pending technical advancement. Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) by thoracotomy is slowly gaining acceptance due to advantages in short-term outcomes. Although the evidence is slowly increasing, MIE is still controversial. Also, the results of treatment by surgery alone are limiting, and multimodality therapy, which includes surgical and non-surgical treatment options including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and endoscopic treatment, has become the mainstream therapy. Esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is the standard treatment for clinical stages II/III (except for T4) esophageal cancer, whereas chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is regarded as the standard treatment for patients who wish to preserve their esophagus, those who refuse surgery, and those with inoperable disease. CRT is also usually selected for clinical stage IV esophageal cancer. On the other hand, with the spread of CRT, salvage esophagectomy has traditionally been recognized as a feasible option; however, many clinicians oppose the use of surgery due to the associated unfavorable morbidity and mortality profile. In the future, the improvement of each treatment result and the establishment of individual strategies are important although esophageal cancer has many treatment options.

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Chemoradiotherapy, AdjuvantChemotherapy, AdjuvantDiffusion of InnovationEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophagectomyEsophagoscopyForecastingHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoadjuvant TherapySalvage TherapyTreatment Outcome

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PMID28003586
PMCPMC5347481

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