Treatment of Esophageal and Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Section I. General Issues

1. Epidemiology of Esophageal and Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Giuseppe Verlato, Giovanni Manzoni

2. Classification and Staging Systems
Giovanni Manzoni, Francesca Steccanella, Andrea Zanoni

3. Preoperative Work-up: Conventional Radiology, Ultrasonography, CT Scan, and MRI
Stefania Montemezzi, Daniela Cenzi, Massimiliano Motton, Thomas J. Re

4. Preoperative Work-up: EsophagoGastroDuodenoScopy, Tracheobronchoscopy, and Endoscopic Ultrasonography
Luca Rodella, Angelo Cerofolini, Francesco Lombardo, Filippo Catalano, Walid El Kheir, Giovanni Manzoni

5. Preoperative Work-up: PET and PET-CT
Valentina Ambrosini, Maria Cristina Marzola, Paola Caroli, Stefano Fanti, Domenico Rubello

6. Role of PET-CT in the Prediction of Response to Neoadjuvant Treatment
David Fuster, Maria Cristina Marzola, Francesca Pons, Giovanni Manzoni, Domenico Rubello

7. Role of Molecular Biology in the Prediction of Response to Neoadjuvant Treatment
Milena Gusella, Felice Pasini, Giovanni Manzoni

8. Patient Selection according to General Condition and Associated Disease
Giovanni Manzoni, Corrado Pedrazzani, Andrea Zanoni, Jacopo Weindelmayer

9. Esophageal Cancer Surgery: The Importance of Hospital Volume
Giovanni Manzoni, Alberto Leo

Section II. Carcinoma of Hypopharynx and Cervical Esophagus

10. Surgical Treatment: Indications, Early and Long-term Results, and Disease Recurrence
Giovanni Manzoni, Franco Barbieri, Andrea Zanoni, Francesco Casella

11. Multimodal Treatment: Early and Long-term Results and Recurrences
Antonio Grandinetti

Section III. Carcinoma of Thoracic Esophagus

12. Neoadjuvant Treatment
Felice Pasini, Anna Paola Fraccon, Giovanni Manzoni

13. Controversial Issues in Esophageal Cancer: Surgical Approach and Lymphadenectomy
Giovanni Manzoni, Andrea Zanoni, Simone Giacopuzzi

14. Treatment of Resectable Esophageal Cancer: Indications and Long-term Results
Giovanni Manzoni, Andrea Zanoni, Jacopo Weindelmayer

15. Treatment of Unresectable Esophageal Cancer: Indications and Long-term Results
Michele Pavarana, Teodoro Sava

16. Early Results: Morbidity, Mortality, and the Treatment of Complications
Giovanni Manzoni, Andrea Zanoni, Jacopo Weindelmayer

17. Treatment of Recurrent and Metastatic Esophageal Cancer
Michele Pavarana, Teodoro Sava

18. Role of Endoscopy in Palliative Treatment
Luca Rodella, Francesco Lombardo, Filippo Catalano, Angelo Cerofolini, Walid Kheir, Giovanni Manzoni

19. Follow-up and Quality of Life after Esophagectomy
Giovanni Manzoni, Francesco Casella, Andrea Zanoni

Section IV. Operative Techniques

20. Carcinoma of Thoracic and Cervical Esophagus: Technical Notes
Giovanni Manzoni, Simone Giacopuzzi, Gerardo Mangiante

21. Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: General Problems and Technical Notes
Ichiro Uyama, Simone Giacopuzzi, Jun Isogaki, Giovanni Manzoni

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgery, Oncology, Radiotherapy, Gastroenterology