TIME-LONG-TERM
Regimen
- Experimental
- minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE)
- Control
- open transthoracic esophagectomy
Population
Resectable intrathoracic esophageal cancer including Siewert I GEJ, 3-year follow-up
Key finding
3y OS 40.4% (open) vs 50.5% (MIE), HR 0.88 (NS); 3y DFS 35.9% vs 40.2%, HR 0.69 (NS). Oncologic equivalence confirmed.
Source: PMID 28187044
Timeline
Guideline citations
- NCCN ESOPHAGEAL (p.50)