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CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 658-669Publisher
SPRINGER INT PUBL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-022-02801-2
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Esophageal cancer; Diagnosis; Treatment
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Esophageal cancer is a deadly tumor with rising incidence in Spain, especially among men. Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma are two different subtypes with distinct responses to new treatments. A multidisciplinary therapeutic strategy achieves the best results, and the introduction of immunotherapy shows promise.
Esophageal cancer is an aggressive tumor, and is the sixth-leading cause of death from cancer. Incidence is rising in Spain, particularly among men. Two main pathological different subtypes have been described: squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Growing evidence of their epidemiology and molecular differences explains their different response to novel treatments, and they are therefore likely to be treated as two separate entities in the near future. The best results are obtained with a multidisciplinary therapeutic strategy, and the introduction of immunotherapy is a promising new approach that will improve prognosis. In these guidelines, we review the evidence for the different methods of diagnosis and therapeutic strategies that form the basis of our standard of care.
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