The 2017 Shanghai International Forum on the Standard Treatment of Thoracic Tumors was successfully held in Shanghai, China from October 19th, 2017 to October 21st, 2017. Gathering renowned experts at home and abroad, the focus of this forum was the current progress of standard treatment of thoracic cancer, specially discussing the hot issues on lung cancer and esophageal cancer by academic reports, surgery video and etc. During the forum, Prof. Cuesta has given an impressive talk to the audience. The editorial office of Journal of Thoracic Diseases (JTD) seized the great opportunity to have an interview with Prof. Cuesta about his stories being a surgeon and his experience on esophageal cancer (Figure 1).
