Elective doctor Dr Klaus EMMANUEL in conversation with colleagues -

Surgery for stomach and oesophageal cancer

My competence centre

The chance to cure patients diagnosed with cancer together with a team and to provide them with the highest possible quality of life after the operation have led me to devote all my energy to gastro-oesophageal cancer.

Operations on the oesophagus and stomach represent one of the most complex surgical challenges. In addition, these operations often mean significant changes in the patients' lifestyles. This great challenge for an interdisciplinary team, in which I stand as a specialist surgeon, prompted me to complete my training as a visceral and thoracic surgeon at the Klinikum Rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich, one of the world's largest and most renowned centres for oesophageal and gastric surgery.

Oesophageal cancer Stomach cancer

Training at the highest level

In addition, the management of the Klinikum rechts der Isar was at that time under the direction of Dr. Siewert. Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Jörg Rüdiger Siewertwho was already one of the best-known and most renowned oesophageal and gastric surgeons worldwide. Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Jörg Rüdiger Siewert established the classification of adenocarcinoma at the oesophagogastric junction, which was accepted by the UICC as a separate tumour entity. The so-called AEG classification of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus according to Siewert has found its way into all textbooks and large, specialised clinics worldwide. During this time, my passion for oesophageal and gastric surgery was ignited and trained at the highest international level.