Treatmentfor esophageal cancer treatment has evolved substantially over the past years,leading to an increased quality of life and a better prognosis forpatients. This focused issue contains in condensed form a broad range ofimprovements in perioperative care for esophagectomy. A group of 33international experts in this field and their collaborators discuss the mostcurrent optimal treatment strategies holding for the preoperative, peroperativeand postoperative phases of the esophagectomy; thereby leading to acomprehensive summary of start-of-the-art care.
