A retrospective study comparing definitive chemoradiotherapy vs. chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery in T4 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients who were downstaged after neochemoradiotherapy

Abstract Background The outcome of patients with T4 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is extremely poor. Two distinct therapeutic options are currently available for T4 esophageal cancers: neochemoradiotherapy followed by surgery (CRT-S) and definitive chemoradiotherapy (D-CRT). This study a...

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Published in:	Radiation Oncology
Main Authors:	Tian Zhang, Zhoubo Guo, Xi Chen, Jie Dong, Hongjing Jiang, Peng Tang, Ping Wang, Dong Qian, Wencheng Zhang, Qingsong Pang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2022-08-01
Subjects:	Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma T4 Neo-chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery Definitive chemoradiotherapy
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-022-02116-0