Pattern of Recurrence in 428 Patients With Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Radical Surgery and Its Implication in Postoperative Radiotherapeutic Clinical Target Volume

Pattern of Recurrence in 428 Patients With Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Radical Surgery and Its Implication in Postoperative Radiotherapeutic Clinical Target Volume

PurposeThis study aimed to analyze the recurrence patterns of thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) after radical surgery, and to understand its implication in the clinical target volume (CTV) design of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in patients with ESCC.Methods and materialsA total...

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Main Authors: Tiantian Cui, Hongjiao Zhang, Tao Yu, Yiru Chen, Chengxin Liu, Qian Zhao, Jian Zhu, Baosheng Li, Wei Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
esophageal cancer
lymph nodes
postoperative radiotherapy
recurrence and metastasis
clinical target volume
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.652365/full

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