Open Access<p>Intratreatment Tumor Volume Change During Definitive Chemoradiotherapy is Predictive for Treatment Outcome of Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma</p>
Author(s) -
Ruihong Huang,
Hong Guo,
Jianzhou Chen,
TianTian Zhai,
Junwei Chen,
Kun Lin,
Zhijian Chen,
Derui Li,
Chuangzhen Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s246500
Subject(s) - medicine , univariate analysis , chemoradiotherapy , radiation therapy , esophageal cancer , multivariate analysis , esophagus , univariate , proportional hazards model , carcinoma , oncology , nuclear medicine , cancer , multivariate statistics , statistics , mathematics
This study aimed to assess the predictive value of tumor volume changes of esophagus evaluated by serial computed tomography (CT) scans before, during, and after radical chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for treatment outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer (EC).