Open AccessDoes protruding type 1 esophageal cancer really have a good response to radiation therapy?—a retrospective observational study
Author(s) -
Naoya Ishibashi,
Masaharu Hata,
Toshiya Maebayashi,
Takuya Aizawa,
Masakuni Sakaguchi,
Masahiro Okada
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.2018.05.103
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , esophagus , retrospective cohort study , esophageal cancer , cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , endoscopy , disease , logistic regression , gastroenterology , carcinoma , t stage , cohort , surgery , paleontology , biology
It is now well-established that esophageal cancer can be more accurately classified macroscopically on the basis of endoscopic rather than esophagographic findings. Thus far, no studies have reported correlations between responses to radiation therapy (RT) and endoscopically-determined macroscopic type of locally advanced esophageal cancer. In this retrospective study, we therefore aimed to determine such correlations in patients who had undergone at least two follow-up endoscopies.