Comparison of survival among neoadjuvant chemoradiation responders, non-responders and patients receiving primary resection for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: does neoadjuvant chemoradiation benefit all?

OBJECTIVES: While neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery has been shown to improve the survival of patients with locally advanced oesophageal cancer, it is not known whether neoadjuvant chemoradiation has a beneficial or harmful effect on the non-responders. We aimed to compare the outcomes...

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Main Authors: Hsu, Po-Kuei, Chien, Ling-I, Huang, Chien-Sheng, Hsieh, Chih-Cheng, Wu, Yu-Chung, Hsu, Wen-Hu, Chou, Teh-Ying
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3745136/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23728085
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivt216
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