Chemoradiotherapy Is Superior to Radiotherapy Alone in Esophageal Cancer Patients Older Than 65 Years: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of the SEER Database

Chemoradiotherapy Is Superior to Radiotherapy Alone in Esophageal Cancer Patients Older Than 65 Years: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of the SEER Database

IntroductionRadiotherapy (RT) is the main treatment for unoperated esophageal cancer (EC) patients. It is controversial whether adding chemotherapy (CT) to RT is beneficial for elderly EC patients. The purpose of our study was to compare the efficacy of chemoradiotherapy (CRT) with RT alone for non-...

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Main Authors: Xiaojie Xia, Qing Gao, Xiaolin Ge, Zeyuan Liu, Xiaoke Di, Xinchen Sun, Yan Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
esophageal cancer
SEER
elderly patients
chemoradiation
survival analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.736448/full

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