Abstract Background The surgical strategy for thoracic esophageal cancer that invades the lungs is controversial. In particular. invasion of the pulmonary vein is often regarded unresectable. We successfully applied bilateral video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in esophagectomy for esophageal cancer with left inferior pulmonary vein invasion following induction chemoradiotherapy (C... https://www.opheliasmuse.com/