Surgical treatment strategies for adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction: from the perspective of a thoracic surgeon

The incidence of adenocarcinoma of esophagogastic junction (AEG) has been rising in recent years. Despite that multimodality therapy including surgery advances tremendously, the 5-year survival rate of AEG patients remains poor. Due to the particularity of anatomy and pathology of AEG, controversies persist with regard to staging, surgical approaches, scope of lymph node dissection, extent of gastrectomy as well as the reconstruction of digestive tract. High level of evidence based on clinical trials is still lacking. Here, in light of recent progress in surgical treatment of AEG, the authors investigate the related strategies of surgical treatment of AEG from the perspective of thoracic surgeon, in order to provide references to surgeons.