TY - JOUR AU - Cuesta, Miguel A. PY - 2017 TI - Introduction to the focused issue on esophageal cancer of the Journal of Thoracic Disease JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 9, Supplement 8 (July 25, 2017): Journal of Thoracic Disease (Esophageal Cancer) Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Incidence of esophageal cancer is increasing all over the world with numbers around half a million of new patients every year. Concomitantly, diagnostic and treatment modalities are becoming more sophisticated and so creating the possibility for a better selecting patients for neoadjuvant therapy and surgery and so leading to a better survival. Yet, If nowadays a patient is considered resectable, his/her prognosis has increased importantly over the last 15 years. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/14476