Session 15 Clinical Session 1

 

Sunday, September 3
2:00 – 3:00 pm

Room 15

 

 

Early esophageal cancers: surgery vs endoscopic resection

 

Chairs: Stefan P. Mönig (Switzerland) – Peter Bauerfeind (Switzerland)

Discussant: Jürgen Höchberger (Germany)

 

• Molecular diagnosis of esophageal cancer on cytology. Ajay Bansal (USA)
• Prevalence of lymph node metastasis:

- European view. Stefan P. Mönig (Switzerland)

- Asian view. Wentao Fang (China)

• Long-term results after endosocpic resection. Peter Bauerfeind (Switzerland)
• ESD plus chemo-radiotherapy: an option for pT1b cancer? Thomas Zilli (Switzerland)
• When do we need surgery and which approach? Jens Höppner (Germany)