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Robot-Assisted Esophagectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation—Current Status and Future Prospects

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Multimodality treatment with neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery has become the standard of care for esophageal cancer. In the recent years, there has been a shift in focus of surgical approach from open esophagectomy to minimally invasive esophagectomy. Robot-assisted esophagectomy is being performed more often in centers across the world. However, there is limited data on role of robot-assisted esophagectomy in patients who have received neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Initial reports have shown that integrating neoadjuvant therapy to robot-assisted esophagectomy is feasible and safe. With the growing popularity of robot-assisted surgery worldwide among both surgeons and patients, understanding the impact of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on the procedure and its oncological outcome seems worthwhile. In the present study, we present a review of available literature on the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy in esophageal cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiation.

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Goel, A., Nayak, V. Robot-Assisted Esophagectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation—Current Status and Future Prospects. Indian J Surg Oncol 11, 668–673 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-020-01230-3

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