Open AccessDoes the Margin Matter in Esophageal Cancer
Author(s) -
Karl-Frederick Karstens,
Jakob R. Izbicki,
Matthias Reeh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
digestive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1421-9983
pISSN - 0253-4886
DOI - 10.1159/000478669
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , esophageal cancer , neoadjuvant therapy , resection , clinical significance , cancer , overall survival , oncology , gastroenterology , surgery , breast cancer
The prognostic impact of circumferential resection margin (CRM) involvement in resected esophageal cancer (EC) is controversial discussed. The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the Royal College of Pathologists (RCP) provide 2 different definitions of CRM involvement. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the clinical significance of CRM involvement on patients' survival following esophagectomy due to EC.