Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of best available evidence in making decisions for individual patient care. The present review gives an evidence-based review of esophageal cancer surgery. The literature search was restricted to the highest level of evidence on the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer.

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Lagarde, S., Vrouenraets, B., Stassen, L., & van Lanschot, J. (2010). Evidence-Based Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer: Overview of High-Quality Studies. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (Vol. 89, pp. 1319–1326). doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.062