BONORA E.

Background: We report on a female patient who underwent primary radical resection for a stage 2B Her-2-positive Barrett's-type esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Despite Her-2 targeted therapy, her disease recurred and required repeated metastectomies. Case presentation: Digital cell sorting and targeted sequencing of cancer sub-clones from EAC...

Stage significantly affects survival of esophageal and esophago-gastric junction adenocarcinomas (EA/EGJAs), however, limited evidence for the prognostic role of histologic subtypes is available. The aim of the study was to describe a morphologic approach to EA/EGJAs and assess its discriminating prognostic power. Histologic slides from 299...