Neoadjuvant treatment for advanced esophageal cancer: response assessment before surgery and how to predict response to chemoradiation before starting treatment

Patients with advanced esophageal cancer (T3-4, N) have a poor prognosis. Chemoradiation or chemotherapy before esophagectomy with adequate lymphadenectomy is the standard treatment for patients with resectable advanced esophageal carcinoma. However, only patients with major histopathologic response...

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Published in:Chin J Cancer Res
Main Authors: Bollschweiler, Elfriede, Hölscher, Arnulf H., Schmidt, Matthias, Warnecke-Eberz, Ute
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: AME Publishing Company 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4490195/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157318
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.1000-9604.2015.04.04
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