title: Barrett's esophagus: treatments of adenocarcinomas II.
abstract: The following topics are explored in this collection of commentaries on treatments of adenocarcinomas related to Barrett's esophagus: the importance of intraoperative frozen sections of the margins for the detection of high dysplasia; the preferable way for sentinel node dissection; the current role of robotic surgery and of video-endoscopic approach; the value of the Siewert's classification of adenocarcinomas; the indications of two-step esophagectomy; the evaluation of pathological complete response; the role of PET scan in staging and response assessment; the role of p53 in the selection of adenocarcinomas patients; chemotherapy regimens for adenocarcinomas; the use of monoclonal antibodies in the control of cell proliferation; he attempt to define a stage-specific strategy, and the possible indications of selective therapy; and changes in mortality rates from esophageal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Anatomic Pathology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Twaddell
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Roy J J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Verhage
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feith
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Ilson
authors.forename: Christoph P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Schuhmacher
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Luketich
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brücher
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vallböhmer
authors.forename: Wayne L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
authors.forename: Mark Jonathan
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Krasna
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kandioler
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Bas P L
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Wijnhoven
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sontag
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D016019:Survival Analysis