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(Chest. 1950;17:691-714.)
© 1950 American College of Chest Physicians

The Surgical Treatment of Carcinoma of the Esophagus

EDWARD M. KENT M.D., F.C.C.P. and SAMUEL P. HARBISON M.D.1

1 The Thoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1) Certain milestones on the route of surgical progress in the modern treatment of carcinoma of the esophagus have been enumerated.

2) The techniques of various operative procedures employed in the surgical attack upon this problem have been reviewed briefly.

3) A strong plea has been made that we direct all our efforts toward achieving early diagnosis of carcinoma of the esophagus in order that early treatment may follow.






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