Figure 1.

Fifteen national areas implementing minimally invasive esophagectomy in the People’s Republic of China.

Notes: High-volume centers: First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Peking University and Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University in Beijing; Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University in Jinan; The Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Zhengzhou University in Zhengzhou; Jiangsu Provincial Cancer Hospital in Nanjing; Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, The Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University and Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University in Shanghai; Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College in Taizhou; Affiliated Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University and Fujian Provincial Tumor Hospital of Fujian Medical University in Fuzhou; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung Medical College in Taipei; Tungs’ Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital in Taichung; University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital in Hongkong; Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University and Cancer Center, Sun Yatsen University in Guangzhou; Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University in Changsha; Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University in Chongqing; West China Hospital, Sichuan University in Chengdu; The Second Clinical Institute, North Sichuan Medical College in Nanchong.