title: Current status of management of malignant disease: current management of esophageal cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study is to outline the evidence regarding the surgical management of esophageal cancer and provide a single institutional outline regarding its implementation.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Esophageal cancer is a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. Surgery continues to play an important role in its management and offers the best chance for cure in localized and locally advanced disease. However, considerable controversy exists regarding the optimum treatment strategy in this patient population. Furthermore, despite advances in operative and perioperative care and the advent of minimally invasive approaches, the majority of patients succumb to distant metastases after curative intent resection. This failure highlights the importance of multimodal, stage-directed therapy in the management of patients with newly diagnosed esophageal tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Herein, we provide a comprehensive, evidence-based review of the diagnostic workup and locoregional and systemic treatment options available to esophageal cancer patients. The evidence supporting perioperative chemotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy is outlined and discussed. In addition, we highlight our institutional approach to the diagnostic evaluation, operative selection strategy, and perioperative treatment regimen selection based on the stage of presentation. Finally, we discuss the role of enhanced recovery in the postoperative management of this complex group of patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Esophageal cancer remains a devastating disease with high mortality. Favorable outcomes mandate a multimodal, stage-directed treatment approach.
authors: Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, jonathan.cools-lartigue@mail.mcgill.ca.
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Cools-Lartigue
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Spicer
authors: Lorenzo E
authors: LE
authors: Ferri
mesh_terms: D059186:Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
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