title: Use of minimally invasive surgery in staging esophageal cancer.
abstract: Noninvasive staging of esophageal cancer (EC) is often inaccurate, and this fact has compromised clinical trials of treatment for EC. Prognostic evaluation might allocate chemotherapy and radiation more appropriately. Thoracoscopy and laparoscopy has recently shown promising results, and molecular analysis of the recovered tissue may further improve staging accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore 21201, USA. mkrasna@smail.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Krasna
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiao
mesh_terms: D019160:Endosonography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013906:Thoracoscopy