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Oesophageal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

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In the EU, the highest age-standardised incidence rates for oesophageal cancer are in the Netherlands for men and the UK for women, and variation between countries is high and may reflect different prevalence of risk factors, use of screening and diagnostic methods.
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This article is published in Annals of Oncology.The article was published on 2013-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 810 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: European union & Cancer.

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Nivolumab Combination Therapy in Advanced Esophageal Squamous-Cell Carcinoma

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors compared first-line chemotherapy for advanced esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma with the monoclonal antibody nivolumab plus chemotherapy.
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Chemoradiation With and Without Surgery in Patients With Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus

TL;DR: Tumor response to induction chemotherapy identifies a favorable prognostic group within high-risk patients, regardless of the treatment group, and improves local tumor control but does not increase survival of patients with locally advanced SCC.
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Survival benefits from neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy in oesophageal carcinoma: a meta-analysis

TL;DR: A significant survival benefit was evident for preoperative chemoradiotherapy and, to a lesser extent, for chemotherapy in patients with adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and the findings provide an evidence-based framework for the use of neoadjuvant treatment in management decisions.
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Chemoradiation Followed by Surgery Compared With Chemoradiation Alone in Squamous Cancer of the Esophagus: FFCD 9102

TL;DR: It is suggested that, in patients with locally advanced thoracic esophageal cancers, especially epidermoid, who respond to chemoradiation, there is no benefit for the addition of surgery after cheMoradiation compared with the continuation of additional chemorADiation.
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ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Surgery including Organ Transplantation

TL;DR: These guidelines are intended to give evidence-based recommendations for the use of ONS and TF in surgical patients and it is strongly recommended not to wait until severe undernutrition has developed, but to start EN therapy early, as soon as a nutritional risk becomes apparent.
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Phase III Comparison of Preoperative Chemotherapy Compared With Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction

TL;DR: Although the study was closed early and statistical significance was not achieved, results point to a survival advantage for preoperative chemoradiotherapy compared with preoperative chemotherapy in adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction.
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