Troubleshooting. The most worrisome complication during intraoperative endoscopy is perforation of the esophagus. This complication can be prevented by having the procedure done by an experienced ...

If only the esophagus and local lymph nodes are affected, surgeons usually perform a procedure called an oesophagectomy ... evaluate robotic surgical techniques for oesophageal cancer surgery." More ...

Preoperative or perioperative chemotherapy produces similar outcomes as preoperative chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer, a meta-analysis suggests.

"The concept of screening is to find dangerous things before they do dangerous things," said Dr. Daniel Boffa, chief of ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) announces the release of two new risk calculators to inform physician-patient decision-making in thoracic surgery ... system. Esophageal cancer, a highly ...

Welcome to the Medscape InDiscussion esophageal cancer podcast series ... majority of them will recur within a year after initial surgery. Our staging involves a PET, plus/minus laparoscopy ...