Society guideline links: Esophagectomy

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Gastrointestinal perforation" and "Society guideline links: Esophageal cancer".)

International

●Minimally invasive esophagectomy: A consensus statement (2020)

●Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society (ERAS Society): Guidelines for perioperative care in esophagectomy (2019)

●World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES): Guidelines on esophageal emergencies (2019)

●WSES: Position paper on oesophageal injuries (2014)

Canada

●Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS): Best practice recommendations for the prevention of esophageal anastomotic leaks (2021)

●CATS: Best practice recommendations for the follow up and surveillance of esophageal cancer treated with curative intent (2020)

●CATS: Best practice recommendations on enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery (ERATS) for esophagectomy (2019)

United States

●Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)/American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO): Updated clinical practice guidelines on multimodality therapy for locally advanced cancer of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction (2024)

●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline on endoscopic submucosal dissection for the management of early esophageal and gastric cancers – Summary and recommendations (2023)

●American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): Guideline for the treatment of locally advanced esophageal carcinoma (2020, updated 2021)

Europe

●European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO): Clinical practice guideline on the treatment of locally advanced oesophageal and oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma and metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma, interim update (2025)

•ESMO: Oesophageal cancer – Clinical practice guideline for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up (2022)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on Barrett's oesophagus and stage 1 oesophageal adenocarcinoma – Monitoring and management (2023)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on minimally invasive oesophagectomy (2011)

India

●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Consensus document for management of esophageal cancer (2017)

Japan

●[In English] Japan Esophageal Society (JES): Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2022 – Part 1 (published 2023)

●[In English] JES: Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2022 – Part 2 (published 2023)

●[In Japanese] JES: Esophageal cancer treatment guidelines, 5th edition (2022)

●[In English] Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES): Endoscopic submucosal dissection/endoscopic mucosal resection guidelines for esophageal cancer (2020)

●[In Japanese] JGES: Guidelines for ESD/EMR for esophageal cancer (2020)