Early detection and surgical treatment of adnocarcinoma of the oesophagus or oesophagogastric junction

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Chapter 1: General introduction: Barrett oesophagus, intestinal metaplasia and adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus or oesophagogastric junction Outline of the thesis

Chapter 2: Surveillance of Barrett oesophagus: physicians' practices and review of current guidelines

Chapter 3: Impact of endoscopic biopsy surveillance of Barrett oesophagus on pathological stage and clinical outcome of Barrett carcinoma

Chapter 4: Computerized quantitative pathology for the grading of dysplasia in surveillance biopsies of Barrett oesophagus

Chapter 5: Intestinal metaplasia of the oesophagus and esophagogastric junction: prospective biopsy study on associated pathology and histochemical characteristics

Chapter 6: Pathology of early invasive adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus or esophagogastric junction: implications for therapeutic decision making

Chapter 7: Prognostic value of Lauren classification and c-erbB-2 oncogene overexpression in adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and oesophagogastric junction

Chapter 8: Perioperative complications and prognostic factors after transhiatal oesophageal resection without thoracotomy for cancer

Chapter 9: Diaphragmatic herniation following oesophagectomy

Chapter 10: Relation between preoperative T cell response profile and infectious complication risk in patients undergoing transhiatal or transthoracic oesophagectomy for cancer

Chapter 11: Preoperative CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets and cytokine production in relation to prognosis in patients with adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus or oesophagogastric junction

Chapter 12: Summary and conclusions / Samenvatting en conclusies

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