Appendix 1.
Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration: Participating Institutions and Investigators
| Institution | Location | Investigators |
|---|---|---|
| Beijing Cancer Hospital, Peking University | Beijing, China | Ken N. Chen |
| Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH; USA | Thomas W. Rice Eugene H. Blackstone |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH; USA | Carolyn Apperson-Hansen |
| Erasmus Medical Center | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Bas P.L. Wijnhoven Jan van Lanschot Sjoerd Lagarde |
| Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University | Shijiazhuang, Hebei; China | Jun-Feng Liu |
| Fox Chase Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA; USA | Walter J. Scott Donna Edmondson |
| Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town | Cape Town, South Africa | Riette Burger |
| Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospitals | London, UK | Andrew R. Davies Janine Zylstra |
| Helsinki University Hospital | Helsinki, Finland | Jari V. Räsänen Jarmo A. Salo Yvonne Sundstrom |
| Hospital Universitario del Mar | Barcelona, Spain | Manuel Pera |
| Hôpital Nord | Marseille, France | Xavier B. D’Journo |
| Indiana University Medical Center | Indianapolis, IN; USA | Kenneth A. Kesler |
| University of Texas MD Anderson Hospital | Houston, TX; USA | Wayne L. Hofstetter Arlene Correa Stephen G. Swisher |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN; USA | Mark S. Allen |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston, SC; USA | Chad E. Denlinger |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY; USA | Valerie W. Rusch |
| University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital | Brisbane, Australia | B. Mark Smithers David Gotley Andrew Barbour Iain Thomson |
| University of Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | S. Michael Griffin Jon Shenfine |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR; USA | Paul H. Schipper John G. Hunter |
| Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | London, UK | William H. Allum |
| Shanghai Chest Hospital | Shanghai, China | Wentao (Vincent) Fang |
| Toronto General Hospital | Toronto, ON; Canada | Gail E. Darling |
| University Zeikenhuizen Leuven | Leuven, Belgium | Tony E.M.R. Lerut Phillipe R. Nafteux |
| University Medical Center Utrecht | Utrech, The Netherlands | Richard van Hillegersberg |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL; USA | Robert J. Cerfolio |
| Hospital de Clinicas, University of Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Luis Durand Roberto De Antón |
| The University of Chicago, Department of Surgery | Chicago, IL; USA | Mark K. Ferguson |
| University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Queen Mary Hospital | Hong Kong, China | Simon Law |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI; USA | Mark B. Orringer Becky L. Marshall |
| University of Montreal | Montreal, Quebec; Canada | André Duranceau Susan Howson |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Pittsburgh, PA; USA | James D. Luketich Arjun Pennathur Kathy Lovas |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY; USA | Thomas J. Watson |
| University of São Paulo | São Paulo, Brazil | Ivan Cecconello |
| West China Hospital of Sichuan University | Chengdu, Sichuan; China | Long-Qi Chen |