Definitive chemoradiotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical surgery for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: meta-analysis.

Sivesh Kathir KamarajahRichard P T EvansEwen A GriffithsJames A GossagePhilip H Pucher

Published in: BJS open (2022)

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by oesophagectomy correlated with improved survival compared with definitive chemoradiation in the treatment of ESCC; however, there is a lack of literature on RCTs.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
systematic review
radiation therapy
minimally invasive
meta analyses
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randomized controlled trial
coronary artery disease
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acute coronary syndrome
percutaneous coronary intervention