Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

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Radiother Oncol · Apr 2015

Pathological stage after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and esophagectomy superiorly predicts survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

To assess the usefulness of pathological stage according to the 7th edition of the Union for International Cancer Control-American Joint Committee on Cancer (UICC-AJCC) as a prognostic tool in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by esophagectomy (trimodality therapy, TMT) for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. ⋯ In patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing TMT, ypTNM7 is the best predictor of survival.

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