To improve the multimodality therapeutic level for adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction based on the concept and surgical competence of surgeons        QIN Xin-yu, LIU Feng-lin. Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Research Institute of General Surgery, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Corresponding author: QIN Xin-yu, E-mail: qin.xinyu@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.Surgeons should pay more attention to the results of recent clinical trials, and practice personal surgical competence. With the guide of evidence-based medicine, clinically, multidisciplinary treatment should be carried out for patients with AEG，and the treatment protocol should be tailored individually according to the general condition of the patient, type of AEG, extent of esophageal infiltration, cTNM stage and etc.