Background The E‐cadherin–catenin complex plays a crucial role in epithelial cell–cell
adhesion and in the maintenance of tissue architecture. Perturbation in the expression or …

Background The role of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of patients with
esophageal or esophagogastric-junction cancer is not well established. We compared …

Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small sequences of RNA, 21 to 22 nucleotides long,
that have been discovered recently. They are produced from areas of the human genome …

Background Initial results of the ChemoRadiotherapy for Oesophageal cancer followed by
Surgery Study (CROSS) comparing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus surgery versus …

Background Controversy exists about the best surgical treatment for esophageal carcinoma.
Methods We randomly assigned 220 patients with adenocarcinoma of the mid-to-distal …

PURPOSE Preoperative chemoradiotherapy according to the chemoradiotherapy for esophageal
cancer followed by surgery study (CROSS) has become a standard of care for patients …

Objective: Utilizing a standardized dataset with specific definitions to prospectively collect
international data to provide a benchmark for complications and outcomes associated with …

… KOPPERT, MD,1 BAS PL WIJNHOVEN, MD, PhD,1 HERMAN VAN DEKKEN, MD, PhD,2 …
published before, the authors refer to reviews by Jenkins et al. and Wijnhoven et al. [21,22]. …

Background Incisional hernia is a frequent complication of midline laparotomy and is associated
with high morbidity, decreased quality of life, and high costs. We aimed to compare the …

Objective: To test whether the newly developed comprehensive complication index (CCI) is
more sensitive than traditional endpoints for detecting between-group differences in …