The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 527-529 , March 2010

A cancer staging primer: Esophagus and esophagogastric junction

  • Thomas W. Rice, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Thomas W. Rice, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 9500 Euclid Avenue /Desk J4-1, Cleveland, OH 44195.
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  • Eugene H. Blackstone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Valerie W. Rusch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Thoracic Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Received 29 October 2009 ,Accepted 2 November 2009.

References 

  1. In:  Edge SB,  Byrd DR,  Compton CC,  Fritz AG,  Greene FL,  Trotti A editor. Esophagus and esophagastric junction. In: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 7th ed. New York: Springer; 2009;p. 103–115
  2. Rice TW, Rusch VW, Apperson-Hansen C, Allen MS, Chen LQ, Hunter JG, et al. Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration. Dis Esoph. 2009;22:1–8
  3. Ishwaran H, Blackstone EH, Apperson-Hansen C, Rice TW. A novel approach to cancer staging: application to esophageal cancer. Biostatistics. 2009;10:603–620Epub June 5
  4. Rice TW, Rusch VW, Ishwaran H, Blackstone EH. Cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: data-driven staging for the 7th edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. Cancer. 2009;In press

 Funded by the Daniel and Karen Lee Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgery (Dr Rice) and the Kenneth Gee and Paula Shaw, PhD, Chair in Heart Research (Dr Blackstone).

PII: S0022-5223(09)01428-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.002

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 527-529 , March 2010

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