Open AccessA retrospective study of postoperative radiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
ZhaoYue Zhang,
Liping Xu,
Xiaoke Di,
Chi Zhang,
Xiaolin Ge,
Xinchen Sun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm.2019.11.19
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , chemoradiotherapy , stage (stratigraphy) , radiation therapy , confidence interval , esophageal squamous cell carcinoma , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , surgery , retrospective cohort study , carcinoma , esophageal cancer , gastroenterology , cancer , paleontology , biology
The optimal therapeutic strategy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) primarily treated by surgery remains unknown. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of postoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative sequential chemoradiotherapy on survival in this population.