Surgical evaluation of lymph nodes in esophageal adenocarcinoma: Standardized approach or personalized medicine?

Lagergren, 2016, Extent of lymphadenectomy and prognosis after esophageal cancer surgery, JAMA Surg, 151, 32, 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2611 Pennathur, 2013, Oesophageal carcinoma, Lancet, 381, 400, 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60643-6 Peyre, 2008, The number of lymph nodes removed predicts survival in esophageal cancer: an international study on the impact of extent of surgical resection, Ann Surg, 248, 549, 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318188c474 Isono, 1985, Recurrence of intrathoracic esophageal cancer, Jpn J Clin Oncol, 15, 49 Isono, 1991, Results of a nationwide study on the three-field lymph node dissection of esophageal cancer, Oncology, 48, 411, 10.1159/000226971 Hagens, 2017, The extent of lymphadenectomy in esophageal resection for cancer should be standardized, J Thorac Dis, 9, S713, 10.21037/jtd.2017.07.42 Leers, 2009, Clinical characteristics, biologic behavior, and survival after esophagectomy are similar for adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction and the distal esophagus, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 138, 594, 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.05.039 Rudiger Siewert, 2000, Adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction: results of surgical therapy based on anatomical/topographic classification in 1,002 consecutive patients, Ann Surg, 232, 353, 10.1097/00000658-200009000-00007 Parry, 2015, Surgical treatment of adenocarcinomas of the gastro-esophageal junction, Ann Surg Oncol, 22, 597, 10.1245/s10434-014-4047-1 Sisic, 2013, Prognostic impact of lymph node involvement and the extent of lymphadenectomy (LAD) in adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG), Langenbeck's Arch Surg, 398, 973, 10.1007/s00423-013-1101-6 Orringer, 2007, Two thousand transhiatal esophagectomies: changing trends, lessons learned, Ann Surg, 246, 363, 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31814697f2 Davies, 2014, Surgical resection strategy and the influence of radicality on outcomes in oesophageal cancer, Br J Surg, 101, 511, 10.1002/bjs.9456 Omloo, 2007, Extended transthoracic resection compared with limited transhiatal resection for adenocarcinoma of the mid/distal esophagus: five-year survival of a randomized clinical trial, Ann Surg, 246, 992, 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31815c4037 Kutup, 2014, What should be the gold standard for the surgical component in the treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer: transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy, Ann Surg, 260, 1016, 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000335 Decker, 2009, Minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer, Eur J Cardio Thorac Surg, 35, 13, 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.09.024 Luketich, 2012, Outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy: review of over 1000 patients, Ann Surg, 256, 95, 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182590603 Biere, 2012, Minimally invasive versus open oesophagectomy for patients with oesophageal cancer: a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial, Lancet, 379, 1887, 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60516-9 van der Schaaf, 2015, Extent of lymph node removal during esophageal cancer surgery and survival, J Natl Cancer Inst, 107 Birkmeyer, 2003, Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States, N Engl J Med, 349, 2117, 10.1056/NEJMsa035205 Dimick, 2005, Specialty training and mortality after esophageal cancer resection, Ann Thorac Surg, 80, 282, 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.044 Block, 2006, Transthoracic vs. transhiatal esophagectomy: stage migration muddies the water, J Surg Oncol, 93, 519, 10.1002/jso.20545 Tan, 2014, Can lymph node ratio replace pn categories in the tumor-node-metastasis classification system for esophageal cancer?, J Thorac Oncol, 9, 1214, 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000216 van Hagen, 2012, Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for esophageal or junctional cancer, N Engl J Med, 366, 2074, 10.1056/NEJMoa1112088 Koen Talsma, 2014, Lymph node retrieval during esophagectomy with and without neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: prognostic and therapeutic impact on survival, Ann Surg, 260, 786, 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000965 Stiles, 2012, Worldwide Oesophageal Cancer Collaboration guidelines for lymphadenectomy predict survival following neoadjuvant therapy, Eur J Cardio Thorac Surg, 42, 659, 10.1093/ejcts/ezs105 Sohda, 2017, Current status and future prospects for esophageal cancer treatment, Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 23, 1, 10.5761/atcs.ra.16-00162 Pennathur, 2010, The "best operation" for esophageal cancer?, Ann Thorac Surg, 89, S2163, 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.068 Patti, 2016, Survival after lymphadenectomy in patients with esophageal cancer: a controversial issue, JAMA Surg, 151, 40, 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2599