The role of lymphadenectomy in esophageal cancer.
Ann Surg
; 250(2): 206-9, 2009 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To address the role of lymphadenectomy in the treatment of esophageal cancer.BACKGROUND:
The role of lymphadenectomy in esophageal cancer surgery is controversial, and there is a lack of uniformity as to what the term means.METHODS:
The published data was reviewed to evaluate the evidence base for, and the terminology associated with, lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer.RESULTS:
Recommendations are given for a standardization of terminology for radical and nonradical lymphadenectomy procedures. Although there is no doubt that the presence of lymph node metastases worsens prognosis for a patient, there is a lack of high-level evidence to support lymphadenectomy. Logically, the best procedure, from a staging and perhaps theoretical oncologic point of view, is a 3-field lymphadenectomy but it is not clear which patients, if any, are most likely to benefit.CONCLUSIONS:
Well-designed randomized controlled trials are required to test, in a scientific manner, which of these procedures we should be offering our patients.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Esofágicas
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Excisão de Linfonodo
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article