OBJECTIVE: Search of best management for esophageal cancer (EC) patients (ECP) (T1-4N0-2M0) was realized. METHODS: We analyzed data of 499 consecutive ECP (age=56.3±8.9 years; tumor size=6.3±3.4 cm) radically operated and monitored in 19752017 (m=365, f=134; esophagogastrectomies (EG) Garlock=280, EG Lewis=219, combined EG with resection of pancreas, liver, diaphragm, aorta, VCS, colon transver...