The incidence of adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction are increasing in the whole wide world over the past two decades with a very poor 5-year overall survival for advanced esophagogastric… Click to show full abstract
The incidence of adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction are increasing in the whole wide world over the past two decades with a very poor 5-year overall survival for advanced esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma (1-4). Siewert divided esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma into three subgroups: Siewert types I (the distal esophagus adenocarcinoma with the epicenter situated within 1–5 cm above the esophagogastric junction), II (adenocarcinoma of the cardia with cancer epicenter located between 1–2 cm below the esophagogastric junction), and III (adenocarcinoma with cancer epicenter located between Original Article
               
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