Open AccessLong-term outcomes and prognostic factors for patients with esophageal cancer following radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Chuangzhen Chen,
Jianzhou Chen,
Derui Li,
Zhixiong Lin,
Meifang Zhou,
Dongsheng Li,
Zhijian Chen
Publication year - 2013
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.v19.i10.1639
Subject(s) - medicine , univariate analysis , thorax (insect anatomy) , radiation therapy , hazard ratio , esophageal cancer , carcinoma , retrospective cohort study , docetaxel , radiology , cancer , survival rate , chemoradiotherapy , nuclear medicine , multivariate analysis , confidence interval , anatomy
To evaluate long-term outcomes and prognostic factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) treated with three dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT).