Multidisciplinary collaboration improving surgical effect of the esophagogastric junction tumor / 中华消化外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Esophagogastric junction (EGJ) tumor involves thoracic and celiac cavities due to special lesion location,and its epidemiology and clinical characteristics are different from that of esophageal cancer and gastric cancer.There are many controversies on the etiology,location,staging and surgical treatment of EGJ tumor in the digestive surgery field.Surgical resection is a core method for EGJ tumor,but different surgical procedures are much controverted between thoracic surgery and abdominal surgery.Authors updated the cognition of EGJ tumor and summarized the research progress of surgical treatment through reviewing the recent literatures.