Recent news on Esophagectomy

Photodynamic Therapy and Surgery Comparable for Barrett's Esophagus  -  25 May 2007
Cancerpage.com,Seventy patients underwent transhiatal or transthoracic esophagectomy, and 129 were treated with photodynamic therapy. Median follow-up was 61 months in

Results of esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in elderly patients ...  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryMethods: Perioperative outcome and long-term survival of patients at least 70 years old undergoing esophagectomy between 1992 and 2005 for cancer of the

Genetic Abnormalities Associated With Esophageal Cancer Eliminated ...  -  May 15, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Once dysplasia or cancer occurs, an esophagectomy (surgical removal of the entire esophagus) has been the first-line therapy. Esophageal cancer of this type

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