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Preoperative Staging for Esophageal Carcinoma

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Squamous carcinoma of the esophagus must be accurately staged before treatment. Although multimodality therapy is the current standard of care, the timing of surgery with respect to chemotherapy and radiation depends critically on the stage of disease. Staging modalities include laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and endoscopic ultrasound. In this chapter, several experts discuss their preferred staging algorithms.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Samuel M. Maurice

  2. Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Robert-Roessle Klinik, Charité Medical School, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

    Beate Rau

  3. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Prasad S. Adusumilli (General Surgeon)

  4. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Amit N. Patel (Cardiothoracic Surgery)

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Maurice, S.M., Rau, B., Adusumilli, P.S., Patel, A.N. (2008). Preoperative Staging for Esophageal Carcinoma. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Strategic Decision Making. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76671-3_16

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