{"entity":{"id":"esophagus-journal","kind":"journal","name":"Esophagus","aka":["Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society","Esophagus (Tokyo)"],"tldr":"Esophagus is the official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society, publishing studies of benign and malignant oesophageal disease. Oesophageal surgeons, gastroenterologists and oncologists read it, especially for squamous cell carcinoma research from Japan and Asia.","summary":"Esophagus is a Springer journal and the official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society, described as a comprehensive journal offering studies in benign and malignant diseases of the oesophagus. It welcomes original articles, review articles and 'How I Do It' papers, encourages letters to the editor, and carries special articles on oesophageal diseases from the editorial board, with peer review by that board. The homepage lists a hybrid publishing model with a subset of open access articles, and recent content includes studies of preoperative chemoradiotherapy plus pembrolizumab for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, post-oesophagectomy hiatal hernias and anastomotic stricture rates. NLM records the title from 2003, published four times a year in Tokyo by Springer, indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed. Not listed in DOAJ.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Homepage","url":"https://link.springer.com/journal/10388"},{"label":"NLM Catalog","url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101206627"}],"tags":[],"related":["pubmed-europepmc"],"cancers":["esophageal"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"publisher":"Springer","url":"https://link.springer.com/journal/10388","issn":"1612-9059","scope":"oesophageal disease and oncology","access":"hybrid","founded":2003,"matchNames":["Esophagus","Esophagus (Tokyo)"],"society":"Japan Esophageal Society"},"route":"/journals/esophagus-journal/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"pubmed-europepmc","kind":"collection","name":"PubMed & Europe PMC","route":"/collections/pubmed-europepmc/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"esophageal","kind":"cancer","name":"Oesophageal cancer","route":"/cancers/esophageal/"}]}}