The prognostic role of positive circumferential resection margins after curative intent surgery for locally advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma

Abstract

The use of the circumferential resection margin (CRM) in esophageal carcinoma stems from rectal carcinoma literature which was extrapolated to esophageal cancers (1). It has since become a standard of pathological reporting and a prognostic marker over the last 20 years. However, the usefulness of CRM as a prognostic marker in locally advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma (ADC) has been a Original Article