ENDOSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH COMPLETE PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR GASTRIC AND ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION ADENOCARCINOMAS.
Juliana Silveira Lima de CastroAdriane Graicer PelosofJoão Guilherme Guerra De Andrade Lima CabralAlvaro Moura SeraphimEloy TaglieriFelipe Jose Fernandez CoimbraClaudia Sztokfisz ZitronPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery (2022)
EGD after NAC seems to be a useful tool for predicting pCR, and it may be possible to use it to create a reliable response classification. In addition, the time interval between NAC and EGD appears to significantly influence the predictive power of endoscopy for pCR.