Open AccessClinical results of multimodality therapy for esophageal cancer with distant metastasis
Author(s) -
Masakuni Sakaguchi,
Toshiya Maebayashi,
Takuya Aizawa,
Naoya Ishibashi,
Tsutomu Saito
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.03.45
Subject(s) - medicine , esophageal cancer , chemoradiotherapy , radiation therapy , cancer , hazard ratio , metastasis , oncology , retrospective cohort study , univariate analysis , multivariate analysis , distant metastasis , esophagitis , surgery , disease , confidence interval , reflux
The purpose of this study is to evaluate outcomes in upfront local response and survival of patients with esophageal cancer and distant metastasis.