Overview: Describes current approaches to staging, diagnosis, prognostic evaluation, and management of esophageal cancer.Offers detailed guidance on multidisciplinary management of early-stage disease ConsidersThis book reviews the recent progress made in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of esophageal cancer. Epidemiology, molecular biology, pathology, staging, and prognosis are first discussed. The radiologic assessment of esophageal cancer and the role of endoscopy in diagnosis, staging, and management are then described. The principles of surgical resection, radiation therapy, and
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