Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 12th Edition: Part II

Yuichiro Doki; Koji Tanaka; Hiroshi Kawachi; Yasuhiro Shirakawa; Yuko Kitagawa; Yasushi Toh; Takushi Yasuda; Masayuki Watanabe; Takashi Kamei; Tsuneo Oyama; Yasuyuki Seto; Kentaro Murakami; Tomio Arai; Manabu Muto; Shinji Mine

doi:10.1007/s10388-024-01048-w

Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 12th Edition: Part II

Esophagus. 2024 Mar 21. doi: 10.1007/s10388-024-01048-w. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Yuichiro Doki¹, Koji Tanaka¹, Hiroshi Kawachi², Yasuhiro Shirakawa³, Yuko Kitagawa⁴, Yasushi Toh⁵, Takushi Yasuda⁶, Masayuki Watanabe⁷, Takashi Kamei⁸, Tsuneo Oyama⁹, Yasuyuki Seto¹⁰, Kentaro Murakami¹¹, Tomio Arai¹², Manabu Muto¹³, Shinji Mine¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
² Division of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Surgery, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan.
⁷ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
⁹ Department of Endoscopy, Saku Central Hospital Advanced Care Center, Nagano, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Frontier Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
¹² Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
¹³ Department of Clinical Oncology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
¹⁴ Department of Esophageal and Gastroenterological Surgery, Juntendo University Hospital, 3-1-3, Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. s.mine.gv@juntendo.ac.jp.

PMID: 38512393
DOI: 10.1007/s10388-024-01048-w

Abstract

This is the second half of English edition of Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 12th Edition that was published by the Japan Esophageal Society in 2022.

Keywords: Chemotherapy; Endoscopic treatment; Esophageal cancer; Japanese classification; Radiotherapy; Surgery.