Erschienen in:
25.09.2018 | ASO Author Reflections
Prediction of Long-Term Prognoses for Esophageal Carcinoma and Future Perspective
verfasst von:
Masashi Takeuchi, MD, Hiroya Takeuchi, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Sonderheft 3/2018
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Excerpt
Theoretically, for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, esophagectomy with two- or three-field lymph node dissection remains the most promising treatment to achieve long-term survival. However, despite improvements in surgical techniques and perioperative management, postoperative morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy remain poor because of the tumor’s invasiveness. Therefore, a risk calculator for perioperative mortality associated with esophagectomy was established using the National Clinical Database in Japan.
1 This calculator consisted of preoperative variables such as age, physical status, medical history, and some blood testing. Because several studies in recent years have shown a relationship between infectious complications and survival, prediction of long-term outcome may also be possible by identifying the risk factors associated with short-term outcome after esophagectomy.
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3 The authors hypothesized that this scoring system to predict operative mortality could be used to predict long-term outcomes.
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