Comparison between surgery and definitive chemoradiotherapy for patients with resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a propensity score analysis.

Motoo NomuraIsao OzeTakeshi KodairaTetsuya AbeAzusa KomoriYukiya NaritaToshiki MasuishiHiroya TaniguchiShigenori KadowakiTakashi UraMasashi AndohHiroyuki TachibanaNorihisa UemuraMasahiro TajikaYasumasa NiwaManabu MutoKei Muro

Published in: International journal of clinical oncology (2016)

Among patients with resectable disease, survival outcomes in the S group were favored over those of the CRT group. These results indicate that different therapeutic strategies should be used for stage III esophageal cancer than for other stages.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
minimally invasive
liver metastases
coronary artery bypass
heart failure
coronary artery disease
atrial fibrillation