Open AccessNeoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer: Impact on extracapsular lymph node involvement
Author(s) -
Ralf Metzger,
Elfriede Bollschweiler,
Uta Drebber,
Stefan P. Mönig,
Wolfgang Schröder,
Hakan Alakus,
Martin Köcher,
Stephan Baldus,
A. H. Hölscher
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i16.1986
Subject(s) - medicine , esophageal cancer , neoadjuvant therapy , esophagectomy , lymph node , chemoradiotherapy , surgery , population , survival rate , cancer , chemotherapy , oncology , breast cancer , environmental health
To assess the effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on the presence of extracapsular lymph node involvement (LNI) and its prognostic value in patients with resected esophageal cancer.