TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Surgical Approach to Esophagogastric Junction Cancers A1 - Lerut, Toni A1 - Nafteux, Philippe A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Colson, Yolonda L. A2 - Jaklitsch, Michael T. A2 - Krasna, Mark J. A2 - Mentzer, Steven J. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann PY - 2015 T2 - Adult Chest Surgery, 2e AB - Esophageal cancer is ranked among the top 10 most common cancers in the world, with more than 480,000 new cases diagnosed annually.1 The proportion of cases involving the two most common histopathological entities, adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, is changing. While adenocarcinoma of the esophagus is rising rapidly in Western countries; squamous cell carcinoma remains unchanged.2 The true incidence of adenocarcinoma is difficult to determine because cancer of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) is classified by some as a gastric cancer while by others as an esophageal cancer (see Chapter 12). This explains, in part, the ongoing controversy over which strategy to follow when it comes to surgical approach and technique. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105838498 ER -