Controversy and evaluation of the radical resection for adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction        SUN Yi-hong, SHEN Zhen-bin. Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Corresponding author: SUN Yi-hong, E-mail: sun. yihong@zs-hospital. sh.cn
Abstract    The majority of scholars have agreed that the adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) is an independent tumor entity, which is different from squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus and gastric adenocarcinoma. But there are still many controversies about the surgical approaches, procedures of resection, and extent of lymph nodes dissection. Clinically, surgical procedure should be tailored individually according to the general condition of the patient, type of AEG, extent of esophageal infiltration, cTNM stage and experiences of the surgeons to get a good balance between the surgical safety and degree of radical resection.