Are squamous and adenocarcinomas of the esophagus the same disease?

JR Siewert, K Ott - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2007 - Elsevier
Esophageal cancer can be divided in squamous-cell cancer (SCC) and adenocarcinoma
(Barrett cancer: AEG I) by histopathology. However, most studies do not differentiate …

Biologic and clinical variations of adenocarcinoma at the esophago–gastric junction: Relevance of a topographic‐anatomic subclassification

JR Siewert, M Feith, HJ Stein - Journal of surgical oncology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A topographic‐anatomic subclassification of adenocarcinomas of the esophago–gastric
junction (AEG) in distal esophageal adenocarcinoma (AEG Type I), true carcinoma of the …

Boerhaave's syndrome: analysis of the literature and report of 18 new cases

RB Brauer, D Liebermann-Meffert… - Diseases of the …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Postemetic spontaneous rupture of the esophagus is an intrathoracic disaster which is
generally lethal if untreated. The tragedy seems to strike more often than commonly …

PET to assess early metabolic response and to guide treatment of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction: the MUNICON phase II trial

F Lordick, K Ott, BJ Krause, WA Weber, K Becker… - The lancet …, 2007 - thelancet.com
Background In patients with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric
junction (AEG), early metabolic response defined by 18-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET ([18 F] …

Histomorphology and grading of regression in gastric carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

K Becker, JD Mueller, C Schulmacher… - … Journal of the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has shown some success in the treatment of
gastric carcinoma, but objective parameters for measuring its effects are lacking. The …

Relevant prognostic factors in gastric cancer: ten-year results of the German Gastric Cancer Study

JR Siewert, K Böttcher, HJ Stein, JD Roder… - Annals of …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Objective In 1986 a prospective multicenter observation trial in patients with resected gastric
cancer was initiated in Germany. An analysis of prognostic factors based on the 10-year …

[HTML][HTML] Neoadjuvant chemotherapy compared with surgery alone for locally advanced cancer of the stomach and cardia: European Organisation for Research and …

C Schuhmacher, S Gretschel, F Lordick… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Patients with locally advanced gastric cancer benefit from combined pre-and
postoperative chemotherapy, although fewer than 50% could receive postoperative …

Prediction of response to preoperative chemotherapy in adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction by metabolic imaging

WA Weber, K Ott, K Becker, HJ Dittler… - Journal of clinical …, 2001 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: Preoperative chemotherapy in patients with gastroesophageal cancer is
hampered by the lack of reliable predictors of tumor response. This study evaluates whether …

Prognostic relevance of systematic lymph node dissection in gastric carcinoma

JR Siewert, K Böttcher, JD Roder… - British Journal of …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
In a prospective multicentre study of 2394 patients with gastric carcinoma the prognostic
relevance of systematic lymph node dissection was evaluated. Of 1654 patients undergoing …

Adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction: results of surgical therapy based on anatomical/topographic classification in 1,002 consecutive patients

JR Siewert, M Feith, M Werner, HJ Stein - Annals of surgery, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objective To assess the outcome of surgical therapy based on a topographic/anatomical
classification of adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction. Summary Background …