Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and prognosis of esophageal cancer / Satvinder S. Mudan and Jin-Yong Kang -- Pathology of esophageal cancer / Harriet M.R. Deere -- Recent advances in the endoscopic diagnosis of esophageal cancer / Anne Marie Lennon and Ian D. Penman -- Endoscopic ultrasound in esophageal cancer / Anne Marie Lennon and Ian D. Penman -- CT in the evaluation of esophageal cancer / Naama R. Bogot and Leslie Eisenbud Quint -- FDG-PET and PET/CT in esophageal cancer / Sheila C. Rankin -- The role of surgery in the management of esophageal cancer and palliation of inoperable disease / Robert Mason -- Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in esophageal cancer / Peter Harper and David Landau -- Role of stents in the management of esophageal cancer / Tarun Sabharwal and Andreas Adam -- Lasers in esophageal cancer / Laurence B. Lovat.