Evolving Therapies in Esophageal Carcinoma, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

• Author(s): Wayne Hofstetter,
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Pages: 213
• ISBN_10: 0323242383
  ISBN_13: 9780323242387
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Surgery / Cardiothoracic , Medical / Oncology / General ,

Description:... This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics devoted to Therapy for Esophageal Cancer will be Guest Edited by Dr. Wayne Hofstetter. Articles in this issue include: Radiographic and Endoscopic staging of esophageal cancer; Endoscopic management of HGD/Early stage esophageal cancer; Induction chemotherapy for esophageal cancer; Personalizing therapy for esophageal cancer patients; Surgery for esophageal cancer: Goals of resection and optimizing outcomes (Lymph node dissection in esophageal cancer/R0 Resection); Standardizing Esophagectomy Complications; Adjuvant therapy (post-op) for esophageal cancer; Definitive CXRT for esophageal cancer; Salvage Esophagectomy in the management of recurrent or persistent esophageal cancer; and Quality of life after curative resection for esophageal cancer.