Two distinct age-prognosis patterns in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing surgical and radiotherapy treatments: a combined analysis of 3JECROG and SEER databases.
Chen LiXiao ChangQifeng WangQingsong PangZefen XiaoWencheng ZhangZhiyong YuanPublished in: Therapeutic advances in medical oncology (2024)
Patients receiving surgery and radiotherapy showed two distinct age-prognosis patterns. Younger and middle-aged patients were associated with better survival in surgical and radiotherapy groups, respectively. Additional studies are warranted to explore the underlying mechanisms and clinical implications of this phenomenon.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- locally advanced
- middle aged
- end stage renal disease
- radiation therapy
- radiation induced
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- chronic kidney disease
- squamous cell carcinoma
- prognostic factors
- machine learning
- coronary artery disease
- big data
- free survival
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- case control