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1 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Staging of Patients With Esophageal Cancer  Thomas K. Varghese, MD, MS, Wayne L. Hofstetter, MD, Nabil P. Rizk, MD, Donald E. Low, MD, Gail E. Darling, MD, Thomas J. Watson, MD, John D. Mitchell, MD, Mark J. Krasna, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 96, Issue 1, Pages (July 2013) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 (A) Summary of changes in American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) esophageal cancer TNM staging, seventh edition. (B) Definitions of TNM. (C) Stage groupings by histology. (Reprinted with permission from AJCC: Esophageal and esophagogastric junction. In: Edge SB, Byrd DR, Compton CC, et al, eds: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 7th ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2010, pp [18].) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 1 (A) Summary of changes in American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) esophageal cancer TNM staging, seventh edition. (B) Definitions of TNM. (C) Stage groupings by histology. (Reprinted with permission from AJCC: Esophageal and esophagogastric junction. In: Edge SB, Byrd DR, Compton CC, et al, eds: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 7th ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2010, pp [18].) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 2 Diagnostic work-up for newly diagnosed esophageal cancer. (CT = computed tomography; EGD = esophagogastroduodenoscopy; EUS = endoscopic ultrasonography; FNA = fine-needle aspiration; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; PET = positron emission tomography.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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