Surgical treatment for esophageal cancer:current status and future directions / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Carcinoma of the esophagus is the second most common cause of cancer-related-death in women,and fourth in men in China.The prevalence rate of adenocarcinoma of esophagus has increased in the western countries recently too.Unfortunately,the treatment result of esophageal cancer is very poor,and only 15%～20% of all esophageal cancer patients will be alive 5 years after diagnosis.With the development of radiologic techniques and molecular biology,the esophageal cancer patients are given on individualized treatment modality.This paper reviewed several interesting topics,including operation for esophageal cancer,new technologies for pre-operative staging,multidisciplinary treatment as well some data from the Shanghai Cancer Hospital.