Laparoscopically assisted versus open oesophagectomy for patients with oesophageal cancer—the Randomised Oesophagectomy: Minimally Invasive or Open (ROMIO) study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

Laparoscopically assisted versus open oesophagectomy for patients with oesophageal cancer—the Randomised Oesophagectomy: Minimally Invasive or Open (ROMIO) study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

Introduction Surgery (oesophagectomy), with neoadjuvant chemo(radio)therapy, is the main curative treatment for patients with oesophageal cancer. Several surgical approaches can be used to remove an oesophageal tumour. The Ivor Lewis (two-phase procedure) is usually used in the UK. This can be perfo...

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Main Authors: Chris Rogers, Jane M Blazeby, Fergus Noble, Grant Sanders, Simon L Parsons, Rachael Heys, Lucy Culliford, Natalie S Blencowe, Daisy Gaunt, Andrew Hollowood, Alex Boddy, Newton Wong, Benjamin Howes, William Hollingworth, Jackie Elliott, Marcus Jepson, Peter Lamb, Rachel Melhado, Richard Krysztopik, Bilal Alkhaffaf, Tim Underwood, Paul Wilkerson, Christopher Streets, Dan Titcomb, Tim Wheatley, Arun Ariyarathenam, Jamie Kelly, Graeme Couper, Chris Deans, David Bowrey, David Exon, Paul Turner, Ram Chaparala, Khurshid Akhtar, Naheed Farooq, Nicola Rea, Sian Cousins, Alexandra Williams, Richard J E Skipworth, Joanna Nicklin, James P Byrne, Rachel C Brierley, Richard G Berrisford, Kerry N L Avery, Caoimhe T Rice, Aida Moure-Fernandez, Ravi Vohra, James A Catton, Kish Pursnani, Katy Chalmers, Robin A Wickens, Martyn Lee Humphreys, Sukhbir Ubhi, Robert Williams, Vinutha Daya Shetty, Neil T Welch, Rebecca J Houlihan, Joanne Smith, Rachel Schranz, Jill Cooke, Carolyn Hindmarsh, Sally Maitland, Christopher Paul Barham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e030907.full
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