Esophagus - Cancer

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Global Thoracic Surgery

August 27, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

The delivery of thoracic surgical care in less-resourced areas is explored in this landmark series of articles, hoping to engage the thoracic surgeon in global health equity. There is a notable diversity across the settings...

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Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group: An American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Trials Initiative

June 13, 2024 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This editorial summarizes the landscape that led to the founding of the Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group in 2017, in an era when, due to various oncology group reorganizations, a need...

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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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Long-Term Quality of Life After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer

February 9, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

To understand the shift toward nonsurgical management of esophageal cancer, researchers set out to determine the long-term quality of life (QOL) after esophagectomy. This study found that, in esophagectomy patients...

JANS Article

Global Thoracic Surgery

August 27, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

The delivery of thoracic surgical care in less-resourced areas is explored in this landmark series of articles, hoping to engage the thoracic surgeon in global health equity. There is a...

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Prognostic Significance of the Location of Lymph Node Metastases in Patients With Adenocarcinoma of the Distal Esophagus or Gastroesophageal Junction

October 15, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors explored the relationship of nodal region and survival from adenocarcinoma of the esophagus/GEJ in patients undergoing induction therapy and transthoracic resection. Survival diminished related to nodal status/region: highest...

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Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Impact of a Large Hiatal Hernia on Outcomes After Surgery

October 15, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

In this retrospective review, the authors queried whether a hiatal hernia (HH; >5cm) was associated with adverse outcomes after esophagectomy for cancer. After adjustment, they found that HH patients had...

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Baseline measure of health-related quality of life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Esophagus) is associated with overall survival in patients with esophageal cancer

May 5, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

In this multicenter study, baseline QOL was assessed in over 200 patients with stage II or III esophageal cancer who underwent induction therapy and surgery or definitive chemoradiotherapy. Baseline QOL...

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Preoperative Chemoradiation Therapy Versus Chemotherapy in Patients Undergoing Modified En Bloc Esophagectomy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Is Radiotherapy Beneficial?

April 12, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Whether adding radiotherapy to induction chemotherapy prior to esophagectomy adds a survival benefit is uncertain. The authors assessed outcomes of 214 patients with T3N1M0 adenocarcinoma among three institutions who underwent...

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Long Segment Super-Charged Jejunal Interposition

April 5, 2016 | Shanda BlackmonSilver Contributor

This video demonstrates an esophageal replacement with a long segment super-charged jejunal interposition.

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Transthoracic Robotic Excision of Esophageal Leiomyoma

March 17, 2016 | Kuthan Kavakli…

This video shows an example of a transthoracic robotic resection of an esophageal leiomyoma. A 48-year-old male was admitted with the complaint of dysphagia. A thoracic CT scan revealed a...

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Use of Positron Emission Tomography to Detect Recurrence and Associations With Survival in Patients With Lung and Esophageal Cancers

February 24, 2016 | Marcelo Jimenez

Routine use of PET scans to follow up asymptomatic patients do not affect survival, according to this retrospective analysis of a cohort of 97,152 lung cancer and 4,446 esophageal cancer...

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Doubling of 30-Day Mortality by 90 Days After Esophagectomy: A Critical Measure of Outcomes for Quality Improvement

January 12, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

30-day and 90-day mortality rates were compared using information from the National Cancer Data Base 2007-2011. Among nearly 16,000 esophagectomies, the 30-day mortality rate was 4.2% and the 90-day rate...

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