Esophageal cancer is cancer of the esophagus, which is the tube that connects the mouth and stomach. The most common type of esophageal cancer surgery is an “esophagectomy,” which involves removing ...

We aimed to identify the presence and length of esophagectomy proficiency gain curves in terms of short- and long-term mortality for esophageal cancer. Patients who underwent esophagectomy for ...

Esophagectomy—removal of the diseased portion of the esophagus—is a mainstay treatment for esophageal cancer. After removal of the cancerous part of the esophagus—the tube that carries food from the ...

Time to first treatment and optimal adjuvant treatment strategy in patients with resectable gastric cancer pathologically upstaged to lymph node–positive disease. TST001 (a high affinity humanized ...

Long-term survivors after esophagectomy with gastric pull-up can enjoy a satisfying meal and good quality of life. This is according to a new study from a team of researchers at the University of ...

We randomly assigned 220 patients with adenocarcinoma of the mid-to-distal esophagus or adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia involving the distal esophagus either to transhiatal esophagectomy or to ...

A group led by Prof. Ke Yang of Peking University Cancer Hospital released real-world evidence evaluating outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) compared with open esophagectomy (OE) in ...

Stanford’s Division of Thoracic Surgery has earned a distinguished three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for outcomes following esophagectomy – considered the most complex ...

Newswise — New York, NY (April 4, 2023) — The Mount Sinai Health System’s esophagectomy program has received a three-star (excellent performance) overall composite score from the Society of Thoracic ...

Esophagectomy outcomes trended in the wrong direction at hospitals owned by private-equity companies, a review of more than 9,000 cases showed. Statistically significant differences existed for 30-day ...