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Radical esophagectomy for stage II and III thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma followed by adjuvant radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy: Which is more beneficial?

Bingwen ZouYan TuDuwen LiaoYong XuJin WangMeijuan HuangLi RenJiang ZhuYouling GongYongmei LiuLin ZhouXiaojuan ZhouFeng PengYou Lu
Published in: Thoracic cancer (2020)
Postoperative chemoradiotherapy led to one- and three-year overall survival benefits along with an obvious increase in treatment side effects for stage II to III TESCC patients, with no further improvement in five-year survival. However, the chemoradiotherapy benefits mainly favor stage III,number of resected lymph nodes less than 15, younger (less than 60 years old) and smoking patients.
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