Long-Term Survival in Nonsurgical Esophageal Cancer Patients Who Received Consolidation Chemotherapy Compared With Patients Who Received Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Alone: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Long-Term Survival in Nonsurgical Esophageal Cancer Patients Who Received Consolidation Chemotherapy Compared With Patients Who Received Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Alone: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BackgroundConcurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) is the standard treatment for nonsurgical esophageal cancer (EC). However, esophageal cancer patients receiving CCRT alone are still unsatisfactory in terms of local control and overall survival (OS) benefit. Clinicians generally add consolidation chemot...

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Main Authors: Xiaojie Xia, Zeyuan Liu, Qin Qin, Xiaoke Di, Zhaoyue Zhang, Xinchen Sun, Xiaolin Ge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
esophageal cancer
consolidation chemotherapy
chemoradiotherapy
meta-analysis
toxicity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.604657/full

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