The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Practice Guidelines on the Role of Multimodality Treatment for Cancer of the Esophagus and Gastroesophageal Junction KU Leuven
© 2014 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 1. Class I Recommendation: Patients with potentially curable, locally advanced esophageal cancer should be cared for in a multidisciplinary setting. (Level of Evidence B) 2. Class I Recommendation: Restaging studies after neoadjuvant therapy are recommended before resection to rule out interval development of distant metastatic disease. (Level of Evidence B) 3. Class IIA Recommendation: Endoscopic ...