Surgical treatment for stage IV esophageal cancer.
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Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Cancer
Esophagectomy is the main treatment for esophageal cancer. The 2 histologic subtypes of esophageal cancer are squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma; these subtypes have different biologic features and treatment strategies. Although the prognosis of patients treated with surgery alone remains unsatisfactory, neoadjuvant therapy helps to improve outcome. A meta-analysis revealed that neoadju...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0386-9768,1348-9372
DOI: 10.5833/jjgs.19.2170