Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy
Journal Title: Surgical Research – Open Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Oesophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer worldwide, with nearly 456,000 new cases diagnosed in 2012.1 Surgery alone or in combination with chemotherapy or chemoradiation is the mainstay of cure for oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Oesophageal squamous cell cancer is also treated with the options described and may be treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy or radiotherapy alone.
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Alexandros Charalabopoulos
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- DOI 10.17140/SROJ-2-e001
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