Is postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy necessary for patients with esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy? An analysis based on the SEER database.
Qiuying AnYuhao SuYajing WangChanjun ZhenWenwen BaiLiyuan FuYibing LiuPing ZhangZhi-Guo ZhouPublished in: Saudi medical journal (2024)
Radiotherapy-based adjuvant therapy does not significantly improve the prognosis of EC patients after NCRT, although it may provide a survival benefit for patients with cT3-4 tumors in N-stage downstaging.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- early stage
- rectal cancer
- end stage renal disease
- radiation therapy
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- squamous cell carcinoma
- computed tomography
- radiation induced
- prognostic factors
- patients undergoing
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- free survival
- patient reported