Controlling lymph node micrometastases by neoadjuvant chemotherapy affects the prognosis in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Yoko HirakiYutaka KimuraMotohiro ImanoHiroaki KatoMitsuru IwamaOsamu ShiraishiAtsushi YasudaMasayuki ShinkaiTomoki MakinoMasaaki MotooriMakoto YamasakiHiroshi MiyataTakao SatouTaroh SatohHiroshi FurukawaMasahiko YanoYuichiro DokiTakushi Yasuda

Published in: Surgery today (2020)

In resectable advanced ESCC, controlling micrometastases in the LNs after NAC varied by regimen and may be associated with preventing ESCC recurrence.

Keyphrases

neoadjuvant chemotherapy
lymph node
locally advanced
sentinel lymph node
rectal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
transcription factor
radiation therapy
early stage