The Negative Impact of Preoperative Chemotherapy on Survival After Esophagectomy for Vulnerable Elderly Patients with Esophageal Cancer.

Eisuke BookaRyoma HanedaKenjiro IshiiTakahiro TsushimaHirofumi YasuiYasuhiro Tsubosa

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2020)

Preoperative chemotherapy was ineffective for the patients with PS 0 and had a significantly negative impact on the OS of the patients with PS 1. Preoperative chemotherapy should not be administered to patients 75 years of age or older with cStage 2 or 3 esophageal cancer.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
locally advanced
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
robot assisted
patient reported