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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:1065. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.068
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Original Articles: General Thoracic

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Nasser Altorki, MD, Brendon M. Stiles, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th St, New York, NY 10021

(Email: nkaltork@med.cornell.edu; brs9035@med.cornell.edu).

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Surgical resection remains the cornerstone of treatment of esophageal cancer. However, there is less certainty regarding the extent of lymph node dissection necessary at the time of surgery. Some hold that the disease is systemic at the time of diagnosis and that an extensive nodal dissection only adds to the morbidity of the operation without a meaningful improvement in survival. Others, including our group, have argued that extended nodal dissection improves staging, local disease control, and perhaps even survival. The authors of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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