[Curative Treatment of Esophageal Carcinoma - Disease, Diagnostics, Therapy in 2022]. / Kurative Therapie des Ösophaguskarzinomes.

Curative Treatment of Esophageal Carcinoma - Disease, Diagnostics, Therapy in 2022 Abstract. Surgical resection remains the gold standard for non-metastatic carcinoma of the lower and middle third of the esophagus. Locally advanced tumors (T3) are pretreated neoadjuvantly (radiochemotherapy) or perioperatively (chemotherapy). A differentiated primary staging and an interdisciplinary case presentation are of essential importance today. The individual risk assessment, the pre-habilitation and the individualized treatment play a major role. Clinically, the further advancement of access minimization - through laparoscopic/thoracoscopic and robot-assisted procedures and the associated reduction of access trauma - as well as the treatment of this entity in high volume centers are clearly in the foreground. For cervical carcinomas definitive radiotherapy is often the better alternative, both for tumor biological reasons and for reasons of the increase in complications during surgery.

[Chemotherapy and Radio-Chemotherapy of Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer]. / Chemotherapie und Radio-/Chemotherapie des lokal fortgeschrittenen Ösophaguskarzinoms.

Chemotherapy and Radio-Chemotherapy of Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer Abstract. Surgical resection alone of locally advanced esophageal carcinoma leads to long-term survival in only about 30% of cases. The multimodal strategy for locally advanced tumors, especially neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy and chemotherapy, has significantly improved the long-term prognosis. Multimodal therapy concepts have been developed which improve overall survival. Therapy planning must be performed pretherapeutically in an interdisciplinary tumor board, preferably at a high-volume center. For squamous cell carcinomas, neoadjuvant radio/chemotherapy followed by resection or definitive radio/chemotherapy are currently the therapies of choice. For adenocarcinomas, neoadjuvant radio/chemotherapy followed by resection or perioperative chemotherapy are considered equivalent therapeutic standards. After neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy, adjuvant immunotherapy is currently recommended in case of only incomplete histopathological response.