Efficacy of postoperative radiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients with positive circumferential resection margin.

Reiko OtakeAkihiko OkamuraKotaro YamashitaYu ImamuraJun KanamoriRyotaro KozukiKeita TakahashiTasuku ToihataNoriko YamamotoTakao AsariShinji MineMasayuki Watanabe

Published in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2020)

Postoperative radiotherapy contributed to the control of residual tumor and was significantly associated with better LPSS and PSS among patients with positive CRM after esophagectomy for ESCC.

Keyphrases

early stage
patients undergoing
locally advanced
radiation therapy
radiation induced
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
endoscopic submucosal dissection