Journal of Clinical Oncology
http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/30/14/1615.abstract?cmpid=jco_etoc_10May2012
Maryam Derogar, Nicola Orsini, Omid Sadr-Azodi, Pernilla Lagergren
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/143/5/1125
Jeffrey Javidfar, Matthew Bacchetta, Jonathan A. Yang, Joanna Miller, Frank D’Ovidio, Mark E. Ginsburg, Lyall A. Gorenstein, Marc Bessler, Joshua R. Sonett
New England Journal of Medicine
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1112088?query=surgery
P. van Hagen, M.C.C.M. Hulshof, J.J.B. van Lanschot, E.W. Steyerberg, M.I. van Berge Henegouwen, B.P.L. Wijnhoven, D.J. Richel, G.A.P. Nieuwenhuijzen, G.A.P. Hospers, J.J. Bonenkamp, M.A. Cuesta, R.J.B. Blaisse, O.R.C. Busch, F.J.W. ten Kate, G.-J. Creemers, C.J.A. Punt, J.T.M. Plukker, H.M.W. Verheul, E.J. Spillenaar Bilgen, H. van Dekken, M.J.C. van der Sangen, T. Rozema, K. Biermann, J.C. Beukema, A.H.M. Piet, C.M. van Rij, J.G. Reinders, H.W. Tilanus, and A. van der Gaast for the CROSS Group
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/93/6/1850
Hyun-Sung Lee, Seong Yong Park, Hee-Jin Jang, Moon Soo Kim, Jong Mog Lee, and Jae Ill Zo
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f472387286g15728/
Louisa G. Gordon, Nicholas G. Hirst, George C. Mayne, David I. Watson, Timothy Bright, Wang Cai, Andrew P. Barbour, Bernard M. Smithers, David C. Whiteman and Simon Eckermann
Annals of Oncology
http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/07/29/annonc.mds181.abstract...
A. P. Thrift and D. C. Whiteman
To use meta-analysis to compare oncologic outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) with open techniques (thoracoscopic and/or laparoscopic). Analysis includes the extent of lymph node (LN) clearance, number of LNs retrieved, staging, geographic variance, and mortality.
Dantoc M, et al "Evidence to support the use of minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. A meta-analysis" Arch Surg 2012; 147: 768-776.
Marc Dantoc, MBBS(Hons), MPhil(Med); Michael R. Cox, MBBS, MS, FRACS; Guy D. Eslick, PhD, FFPH
-Author Affiliations
http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/08/09/annonc.mds206.abstract?etoc
Overweight patients operated on for cancer of the esophagus survive longer than normal-weight patients.
Scarpa M, Cagol M, Bettini S, Alfieri R, Carraro A, Cavallin F, Trevellin E, Saadeh LM, Ruol A, Vettor R, Ancona E, Castoro C.
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