Change in stage after neoadjuvant chemoradiation is associated with survival in patients with esophageal cancer.
Muhammad M QureshiYue LinAlexander R MoellerSherry X YanMichael A DyerKei SuzukiPeter EverettVirginia LitleMinh-Tam TruongKimberley S MakPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2023)
In this large database study, change in stage after neoadjuvant CRT was strongly associated with survival for patients with non-metastatic, resectable esophageal cancer. There was a significant stepwise decline in survival, in descending order of pCR, downstaged tumor, same-staged tumor, and upstaged tumor.