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Combining 3-D Conformal Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy with Esophagectomy to Treat Esophageal Cancer


At the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) a new approach to treating esophageal cancer involves a combination of radiation therapy, chemotherapy and esophagectomy. In this video, surgeon Cameron Wright performs an Ivor Lewis esophagectomy followed by an anastomosis on a patient who developed gastroesophageal cancer after suffering from gastroesophageal reflux.

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