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ReviewSurgery today2025

Surgical treatment strategy for elderly patients with esophageal cancer in the new era: a narrative review.

Hiroshi Saeki, Makoto Sakai, Akihiko Sano, Kengo Kuriyama, Takuya Shiraishi, Takuhisa Okada, Yuji Kumakura, Akiharu Kimura, Ken Shirabe

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Review in Surgery today, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Hiroshi SaekiDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan. h-saeki@gunma-u.ac.jp.
Makoto SakaiDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.
Akihiko SanoDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.
Kengo KuriyamaDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.
Takuya ShiraishiDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.
Takuhisa OkadaDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.
Yuji KumakuraDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.
Akiharu KimuraDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.
Ken ShirabeDepartment of General Surgical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-Machi, Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The trend of aging among patients with esophageal cancer is expected to continue in the future. We herein review the current status and future perspectives of surgical strategies for elderly patients with esophageal cancer. According to published systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses evaluating surgical risks in elderly patients with esophageal cancer, the outcomes of elderly patients were worse in terms of postoperative mortality, overall complications, pulmonary complications, cardiac complications, and the overall survival than those of non-elderly patients. In recent years, minimally invasive surgery for esophageal cancer has rapidly gained worldwide popularity. There is a need to reassess whether or not minimally invasive esophagectomy alters surgical indications and treatment outcomes in elderly patients with esophageal cancer. Optimizing perioperative treatment and management is also expected to promote advances in multidisciplinary treatment, including surgery, for elderly patients. Clinical studies focusing on elderly patients, along with biomarker research aimed at personalizing multidisciplinary treatment, are expected to contribute to further improvements in the treatment outcomes of elderly patients with esophageal cancer.

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Esophageal NeoplasmsEsophagectomyAgedAge FactorsHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresPostoperative ComplicationsSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeComplicationElderly patientsEsophageal cancerMinimally invasive esophagectomyPrognosis

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PMID40936030

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