Factors associated with pathologic complete response following neoadjuvant chemoradiation and esophagectomy for carcinoma of esophagus and gastroesophageal junction.
Syed NusrathSubramanyeshwar Rao ThammineediKalidindi Venkata Vijaya Narsimha RajuSujith C PatnaikAjesh R SaksenaJaya KarthikMadhunarayana BasudePavan Kumar JSrijan ShuklaVishal B RaoKishore Kumar CSwathi GujjuruRohan TewaniTasneem RushdieRashmi SudhirLynette M SmithChandrakanth ArePublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2022)
SCC histology and pretreatment radiographic node-negative status were associated with pCR. For patients with tumors of EC and GEJ who received NCRT and underwent esophagectomy, pCR was associated with improved prognosis compared with those not achieving pCR.