Esophageal Cancer - Surgery

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Do Socioeconomic Factors Impair Uptake of Neoadjuvant Therapy for Patients With Locoregional Oesophageal Cancer?

February 6, 2025 | Javeria Tariq

This study aimed to explore the impact of socioeconomic disparities on the uptake of neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. Using data from the American National Cancer Database, 19,748 patients were identified...

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Do Socioeconomic Factors Impair Uptake of Neoadjuvant Therapy for Patients With Locoregional Oesophageal Cancer?

February 6, 2025 | Javeria Tariq

This study aimed to explore the impact of socioeconomic disparities on the uptake of neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. Using data from the American National Cancer...

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A Novel Double Stapled Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy

May 15, 2024 | Timothy Harris…

The patient is a sixty-two-year-old male with notable past medical history of GERD who was diagnosed with T3N1 esophageal adenocarcinoma during an endoscopy for dysphagia. Endoscopic evaluation demonstrated gross changes...

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Modified Technique for Abdominal Phase of Minimally Invasive McKeown Esophagectomy

January 25, 2024 | Aizemaiti Rusidanmu

Esophagectomy is associated with significant postoperative morbidity and mortality (1). In an effort to reduce these outcomes, many medical communities have adopted minimally invasive techniques for esophagectomy. A variety of...

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Recovery of Patient-Reported Quality of Life After Esophagectomy

April 13, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

This study aimed to measure the quality of life (QOL) as reported by patients after esophagectomy, a procedure which has a high rate of mortality. Researchers found that the one...

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Ethicon Recalls Staplers for Failure to Completely Form Staples

November 2, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

A batch of staplers manufactured in July-August 2019 and distributed during August-September 2019 has been recalled. Seven serious injuries and one death are reported to have been associated with failure...

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Analysis of the National Cancer Database Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the United States

October 24, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The National Cancer Database was queried regarding esophageal squamous cancer cases from 2004-2013, and over 11,000 patients were identified. Definitive chemoradiotherapy was used in 79%, whereas resection was employed in...

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Adjuvant Therapy for Node-Positive Esophageal Cancer After Induction and Surgery: A Multisite Study

August 22, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

In this multiinstitutional retrospective study, administration of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with persistent nodal disease after induction therapy and esophagectomy was associated with improved survival.

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Association of Discretionary Hospital Volume Standards for High-Risk Cancer Surgery With Patient Outcomes and Access, 2005-2016

August 15, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Regionalization of care for complex problems remains an open question in most countries. This review demonstrated that, for high risk cancer operations in the US, the Leapfrog group’s volume standards...

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A Year at the Forefront of General Thoracic Surgery

April 17, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

Dr Burt gives a brief overview of the considerable advances for patients with thoracic malignancies (non–small cell lung cancer in particular).

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Using Intestinal Segments During Secondary Salvage Procedures After Failed Reconstructions of the Cervical Esophagus

February 14, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Yang and colleagues investigated the use of intestinal flaps for the reconstruction of the cervical esophagus. They reviewed 22 patients with intestinal segments used to salvage failed primary esophagus reconstruction....

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Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer Should Be Targeted to Tumor Histology

January 23, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Stiles and colleagues evaluated outcomes for patients with esophageal cancer undergoing surgical resection after either neoadjuvant chemoradiation or preoperative chemotherapy without radiation. The authors evaluated disease-free and cancer-specific survival from...

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Hybrid Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer

January 18, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Mariette and colleagues randomly assigned 207 patients with resectable esophageal cancer to undergo either transthoracic open esophagectomy or hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy. The hybrid procedure resulted in a lower incidence...

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