The 2017 Beijing International Academic Conference on Thoracic Surgery and the 5th National Cancer Center Annual Conference was held grandly from June 29th to July 2nd in Beijing, China. Gathering experts all over the world, the four-day conference represents the high level of academic research in thoracic surgery with its comprehensive topics, excellent sharing and in-depth discussions. During the conference, Prof. David Watson, from Flinders Medical Centre, gave an impressive presentation about Avoiding problems after fundoplication-which antireflux operation?Here we took this great opportunity to have a chance to interview Prof. Watson about his perspective on the management of esophageal cancer.