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Salvage Surgery for Esophageal Cancer: How to Improve Outcomes?

Friday, April 13, 2018

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Surgical Oncology

Source URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1245/s10434-018-6365-1

Author(s)

Charlotte Cohen, Williams Tessier, Caroline Gronnier, Florence Renaud, Arnaud Pasquer, Jérémie Théreaux, Johan Gagnière, Bernard Meunier, Denis Collet, Guillaume Piessen, Christophe Mariette, FREGAT (French Eso-Gastric Tumors working group) – FRENCH (Fédération de Recherche en Chirurgie) – AFC (Association Française de Chirurgie)

This retrospective analysis of salvage esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy in 308 patients identified increased mortality and morbidity associated with squamous histology and radiation dose >55 Gy. Survival at three years was 34%.