Outcomes of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who achieved a pathological complete response in the primary lesion by neoadjuvant treatment: a Japanese nationwide cohort study.
Akihiko OkamuraMasayuki WatanabeJun OkuiSatoru MatsudaRyo TakemuraHirofumi KawakuboYoshihiro KakejiKoji KonoYuko KitagawaHiroya TakeuchiPublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2023)
Of patients with ypT0 after NAT, 24.0% had RND, and pretherapeutic lymph node metastasis was the risk factor. In addition, pretherapeutic cT3, or T4a tumors, RND, and operative blood loss were the poor prognosticators in patients with ypT0 after NAT.
Keyphrases
- lymph node metastasis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- papillary thyroid
- risk factors
- rectal cancer
- computed tomography
- lymph node
- locally advanced
- image quality
- type diabetes
- dual energy
- cross sectional
- combination therapy
- positron emission tomography
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- radiation therapy
- pet ct
- skeletal muscle
- glycemic control