title: Esophageal Cancer Staging.
abstract: Accurate staging of esophageal cancer is very important to achieving optimal treatment outcomes. The AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) first published TNM esophageal cancer staging recommendations in the first edition of their staging manual in 1977. Thereafter, the staging of esophageal cancer was changed many times over the years. This article reviews the current status of staging of esophageal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic ; Heart and Vascular Institute, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic.
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Rice
keywords: Esophageal neoplasms; Histologic grade; Neoplasm staging; Survival