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**By convention (in the ''[[CAP checklist]]'') gastroesophageal junction carcinomas are staged as esophageal carcinomas.<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Esophagus_11protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Esophagus_11protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 6 April 2012.</ref> | **By convention (in the ''[[CAP checklist]]'') gastroesophageal junction carcinomas are staged as esophageal carcinomas.<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Esophagus_11protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Esophagus_11protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 6 April 2012.</ref> | ||
=== | ===Treatment=== | ||
*Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) - may be treated with endoscopic mucosal resection & follow-up.<ref name=pmid19306943/> | *Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) - may be treated with endoscopic mucosal resection & follow-up.<ref name=pmid19306943>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sampliner | first1 = RE. | title = Endoscopic therapy for Barrett's esophagus. | journal = Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 7 | issue = 7 | pages = 716-20 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.03.011 | PMID = 19306943 }}</ref> | ||
*Surgery - esophagectomy. | *Surgery - esophagectomy. | ||