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Cancer of the Oesophagus

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Surgical Oncology

Abstract

There are still no unanimous opinions, or even a general consensus, among those in various specialties in different parts of the world who have to treat patients with cancer of the oesophagus. However, for the time being, surgical therapy seems to be recognized as the treatment of choice whenever feasible. Attempts to improve the results currently involve the association, before, sometimes during and often after surgery, of other modes of treatments.

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  1. Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Via Venezian, 1, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Umberto Veronesi (Direttore Generale) (Direttore Generale)

  2. Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Bo Arnesjø

  3. Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, UK

    Ian Burn

  4. Department of Urology, A.Z. Middelheim, Vrue Universiteit Brussel, Lindendreef 1, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium

    Louis Denis

  5. Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, II facolta’, Università di Napoli, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Napoli, Italy

    Francesco Mazzeo

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Giulì, R. (1989). Cancer of the Oesophagus. In: Veronesi, U., Arnesjø, B., Burn, I., Denis, L., Mazzeo, F. (eds) Surgical Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72646-0_49

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