Selecting esophageal cancer patients for lymphadenectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a modeling study

Objectives Two-thirds of patients do not harbor lymph node (LN) metastases after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). Our aim was to explore under which circumstances a selective lymph node dissection (LND) strategy, which selects patients for LND based on the restaging results after nCRT, has adde...

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Main Authors: Maroeska M Rovers, Didi JJM de Gouw, Mirre Scholte, Bastiaan R Klarenbeek, Camiel Rosman, Janneke PC Grutters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies
Online Access:https://sit.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000027.full