title: The emerging role of salvage esophagectomy.
abstract: The role of surgery and other treatment options for esophageal cancer continue to evolve. As more patients receive definitive chemoradiotherapy, salvage esophagectomy has emerged as an important treatment for local and regional failure. Although initial reports found high morbidity and mortality, more recent studies have found improvements in both perioperative complications and long term survival following salvage resection. We review the emerging role of salvage esophagectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA - jaekim@coh.org.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome