The CARDIA-trial protocol: a multinational, prospective, randomized, clinical trial comparing transthoracic esophagectomy with transhiatal extended gastrectomy in adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) type II

The CARDIA-trial protocol: a multinational, prospective, randomized, clinical trial comparing transthoracic esophagectomy with transhiatal extended gastrectomy in adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) type II

Abstract Background Adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) Siewert type II can be resected by transthoracic esophagectomy or transhiatal extended gastrectomy. Both allow for a complete tumor resection, yet there is an ongoing controversy about which surgical approach is superior with...

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Main Authors: Jessica M. Leers, Laura Knepper, Arjen van der Veen, Wolfgang Schröder, Hans Fuchs, Petra Schiller, Martin Hellmich, Ulrike Zettelmeyer, Lodewijk A. A. Brosens, Alexander Quaas, Jelle P. Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg, Christiane J. Bruns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
esophageal adenocarcinoma
gastroesophageal junction
Siewert type II
cardia carcinoma
esophagectomy
gastrectomy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-07152-1

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