Histologic Tumor Type Is an Independent Prognostic Parameter in Esophageal Cancer: Lessons From More Than 1,000 Consecutive Resections at a Single Center in the Western World

Abstract

Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer has become a safe procedure in experienced hands. Esophageal adenocarcinoma has a better long-term prognosis after resection than squamous cell carcinoma.