Introduction Gastric cancer remains the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in Europe, while the proportion of adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction has risen by more than one third over recent years.
Dimitrios Raptis +13 more
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Factors related to lymph node metastasis in Siewert type Ⅲ carcinoma of esophagogastric junction
Objective To investigate the influencing factors for lymph node metastasis in Siewert type Ⅲ carcinoma of esophagogastric junction. Methods A total of 162 patients with Siewert type Ⅲ carcinoma of esophagogastric junction undergoing radical surgery in ...
SHEN Yonghua +3 more
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Background The abscopal effect is a rare phenomenon in which local irradiation causes tumor regression outside the irradiated area. There have been no reports of abscopal effect in patients with gastrointestinal melanoma with metastasis.
Takahisa Yamaguchi +10 more
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Prospective, open, multi-centre phase I/II trial to assess safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with docetaxel and oxaliplatin in patients with adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction [PDF]
Background: This phase I/II-trial assessed the dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RCT) with docetaxel and oxaliplatin in patients with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric ...
Arnold, Dirk +12 more
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Recurrence following anastomotic leakage after surgery for carcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. a systematic review [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is the ninth most common cancer. The only potentially curative treatment is surgical resection, which unfortunately is still associated with major complications, the most important being anastomotic leakage, currently with ...
Antolino, Laura +8 more
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F-18-FDG and C-11-choline positron emission tomography in human esophago-gastric cancer : prediction of response to therapy [PDF]
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Hammonds, Solveig +8 more
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Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers [PDF]
Overview Upper gastrointestinal tract cancers originating in the esophagus, esophagogastric junction (EGJ), and stomach constitute a major health problem around the world. An estimated 37,640 new cases of and 25,070 deaths from upper gastrointestinal cancers occurred in the United States in 2010.1 A dramatic shift in the location of upper ...
Jaffer A, Ajani +28 more
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Phase I study of everolimus and mitomycin C for patients with metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinoma [PDF]
This study aimed at determining the recommended dose of the mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor everolimus in combination with mitomycin C (MMC) in patients with previously treated metastatic esophagogastric cancer.
Atmaca, Akin +5 more
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Background The prognosis of patients with locally advanced gastric cancer or esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma is still dismal. There are no standard treatment strategies for these patients.
Xiaowen Liu +23 more
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INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of esophagogastric junction cancer (EGJC) staging on the risk of splenic hilar lymph node involvement. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 312 patients with EGJC after R0 surgery were analyzed; 118 (38%)
Tomasz Olesiński +4 more
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