FIGURE 2.

Therapy algorithm for patients fit for surgery with resectable squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus. The numbers refer to the corresponding recommendations in the full version of the German guideline on “Diagnosis and Therapy of Squamous Cell carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus,” please also see section Supporting Information S1. ⁶ The thickness of the arrows corresponds to the strength of the recommendation or indicates that different treatment modalities are available.