Oesophageal cancer

EC Smyth, J Lagergren, RC Fitzgerald… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Oesophageal cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide
and is therefore a major global health challenge. The two major subtypes of oesophageal …

Esophageal cancer

PC Enzinger, RJ Mayer - New England Journal of Medicine, 2003 - Mass Medical Soc
Cancers arising from the esophagus, including the gastroesophageal junction, are relatively
uncommon in the United States—the lifetime risk of this cancer is 0.8 percent for men and …

Oesophageal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up☆

R Obermannová, M Alsina, A Cervantes… - Annals of …, 2022 - annalsofoncology.org
Oesophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer worldwide, with 604 000 new
cases diagnosed in 2020. It is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related mortality, with …

AJCC/UICC staging of cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: application to clinical practice

TW Rice, DT Patil… - Annals of cardiothoracic …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging of epithelial
cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction (EGJ) presents separate …

Esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancers, version 1.2015

JA Ajani, TA D'Amico, K Almhanna, DJ Bentrem… - Journal of the National …, 2015 - jnccn.org
Esophageal cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide.
Adenocarcinoma is more common in North America and Western European countries …

18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging In Oncology

A Almuhaideb, N Papathanasiou… - Annals of Saudi …, 2011 - annsaudimed.net
Accurate diagnosis and staging are essential for the optimal management of cancer
patients. Positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-D-glucose …

Chemoradiotherapy with or without cetuximab in patients with oesophageal cancer (SCOPE1): a multicentre, phase 2/3 randomised trial

T Crosby, CN Hurt, S Falk, S Gollins… - The lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is an alternative to surgery for the curative
treatment of oesophageal carcinoma. The SCOPE1 trial aimed to investigate the addition of …

Surgery alone versus chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for resectable cancer of the oesophagus: a randomised controlled phase III trial

BH Burmeister, BM Smithers, V Gebski… - The lancet …, 2005 - thelancet.com
Background Resection remains the best treatment for carcinoma of the oesophagus in terms
of local control, but local recurrence and distant metastasis remain an issue after surgery …

Progress and promise of FDG-PET imaging for cancer patient management and oncologic drug development

GJ Kelloff, JM Hoffman, B Johnson, HI Scher… - Clinical Cancer …, 2005 - aacrjournals.org
[18F] Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) assesses a
fundamental property of neoplasia, the Warburg effect. This molecular imaging technique …

Staging investigations for oesophageal cancer: a meta-analysis

EPM Van Vliet, MH Heijenbrok-Kal… - British journal of …, 2008 - nature.com
The aim of the study was to compare the diagnostic performance of endoscopic
ultrasonography (EUS), computed tomography (CT), and 18 F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose …