Propensity score analysis comparing survival between definitive chemoradiotherapy and esophagectomy with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Yi-Lin ChangYa-Fu ChengHui-Shan ChenSiao-Chi WuWei-Heng HungHeng-Chung ChenChang-Lun HuangChing-Yuan ChengBing-Yen Wang

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Esophagectomy with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy provided better survival than definitive chemoradiotherapy in clinical II/III esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. However, more data are needed to conduct a convincing conclusion in clinical stage I patients.

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