18F-FDG PET-CT after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Cancer Patients to Optimize Surgical Decision Making.

Prognosis of esophageal cancer patients can be significantly improved by neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). Given the aggressive nature of esophageal tumors, it is conceivable that in a significant portion of patients treated with nCRT, dissemination already becomes manifest during the period of...

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Main Authors: Maarten C J Anderegg, Elisabeth J de Groof, Suzanne S Gisbertz, Roel J Bennink, Sjoerd M Lagarde, Jean H G Klinkenbijl, Marcel G W Dijkgraaf, Jacques J G H M Bergman, Maarten C C M Hulshof, Hanneke W M van Laarhoven, Mark I van Berge Henegouwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4631456?pdf=render