Open AccessThe influence of adjuvant radiation therapy after endoscopic resection on survival for early stage EC: an analysis of the surveillance epidemiology and end results (SEER) database
Author(s) -
Baofu Chen,
Junhong Lin,
Yuhang Ruan,
Zixuan Chen,
K. T. Petersen,
Min Kong,
Jianfei Shen,
Gongchao Wang
Publication year - 2019
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.2019.07.78
Subject(s) - medicine , surveillance, epidemiology, and end results , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , stage (stratigraphy) , ajcc staging system , radiation therapy , subgroup analysis , epidemiology , confidence interval , oncology , cancer , survival analysis , t stage , adjuvant therapy , database , surgery , cancer registry , staging system , paleontology , computer science , biology
Endoscopic resection (ER) followed by radiation therapy (RT) is a treatment option for early stage esophageal cancer (EC). We used the surveillance epidemiology and end results (SEER) database to investigate the influence of adjuvant RT after ER on survival for early stage EC.