title: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guidelines on the role of multimodality treatment for cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Electronic address: alexlittle@att.net.
authors.forename: Alex G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Little
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Antoon E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lerut
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Harpole
authors.affiliation: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Wayne L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Nasser K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Altorki
authors.affiliation: Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Krasna
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction; D006801:Humans; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013903:Thoracic Surgery