ASO Author Reflections: Better Long-Term Survival in Esophageal Cancer After Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy in Sweden: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Masaru Hayami^{1

2}, Nelson Ndegwa^{3

4}, Mats Lindblad^{5

3}, Gustav Linder⁶, Jakob Hedberg⁶, David Edholm⁷, Jan Johansson⁸, Jesper Lagergren^{9

10}, Lars Lundell^{3

11}, Magnus Nilsson^{5

3}, Ioannis Rouvelas^{5

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Upper Abdominal Surgery, Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. masaru.hayami@jfcr.or.jp.
² Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. masaru.hayami@jfcr.or.jp.
³ Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Upper Abdominal Surgery, Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
⁹ Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁰ School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
¹¹ Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

Comment

Masaru Hayami et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;29(9):5622-5623.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-022-11924-3. Epub 2022 Jun 17.

¹ Department of Upper Abdominal Surgery, Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. masaru.hayami@jfcr.or.jp.
² Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Gastroenterological Center, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. masaru.hayami@jfcr.or.jp.
³ Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Upper Abdominal Surgery, Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
⁹ Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁰ School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
¹¹ Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

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Population-Based Cohort Study from a Prospective National Registry: Better Long-Term Survival in Esophageal Cancer After Minimally Invasive Compared with Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy.
Hayami M, Ndegwa N, Lindblad M, Linder G, Hedberg J, Edholm D, Johansson J, Lagergren J, Lundell L, Nilsson M, Rouvelas I. Hayami M, et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Sep;29(9):5609-5621. doi: 10.1245/s10434-022-11922-5. Epub 2022 Jun 25. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022. PMID: 35752726

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