title: Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Carcinoma of the Esophagus April 2012 edited by the Japan Esophageal Society.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511 Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwano
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka Japan.
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Saku Central Hospital, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma Japan.
authors.forename: Motoyasu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Oiso, Kanagawa Japan.
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.affiliation: Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doki
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naomoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Frontier Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisahiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511 Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muto
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
keywords: Clinical guidelines; Esophagus; Neoplasm