Brief introduction of surgical development of esophageal cancer in Japan
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5815.2020.01.014
- VernacularTitle: 日本食管癌外科发展简述
- Author:
Xufeng GUO
1
;
Xuefeng LENG
2
;
Liang DAI
3
;
Daiko HIROYUKI
4
;
Watanabe MASAYUKI
5
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China
2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu 610041, China
3. First Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing 100142, China
4. Department of Esophageal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 1040045, Japan
5. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, the Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 1040045, Japan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Esophageal neoplasms;
Thoracic surgical procedures;
Societies, medical
- From:
Chinese Journal of Surgery
2020;58(1):61-69
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Esophageal cancer surgery originated in the early 20th century. However, the true meaning of trans-thoracic esophagectomy and digestive tract reconstruction began in the 1930s. Almost at the same time, Japan and Western countries began the surgical exploration of esophageal cancer. Based on the pathological type of esophageal cancer in Asia, squamous cell carcinoma is the majority, and its biological characteristics and treatment strategies are different from those of European and American patients. After more than eighty years of development, the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer in Japan has been developed from the initial attempt, deep cultivation practice to the pursuit of excellence, and explored a set of more advanced surgical techniques and diagnostic strategies, which is unique in the world. On the basis of the establishment of the Japanese Society of Esophagus, Japanese scholars have developed and irregularly updated the Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer and published the professional academic journal Esophagus. The Japanese Clinical Oncology Group organized a number of phase Ⅲ clinical studies on esophageal cancer, providing strong evidence for the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal squamous carcinoma. Focused on the origin, development, current situation and future of esophageal cancer surgery in Japan, this paper summarized the development of esophageal cancer surgery in Japan through literature review, interviews with senior experts and Hot topics of esophageal cancer surgery-questionnaire survey of Japanese experts.
