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Aggressive surgery including extensive lymphadenectomy (ELA) [1, 2] is considered necessary to improve the long-term survival of patients with esophageal carcinoma. Isono et al. [1] and Kato et al. [2] reported the effectiveness of ELA on prognosis.
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Saito, T., Shimoda, K., Shigemitsu, Y., Kinoshita, T., Miyahara, M., Kobayashi, M. (1993). Two-Stage Extensive Lymphadenectomy for Thoracic Esophageal Carcinoma. In: Nabeya, Ki., Hanaoka, T., Nogami, H. (eds) Recent Advances in Diseases of the Esophagus. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68246-2_111
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