Open AccessEvaluation of surgery plus postoperative radiotherapy or definitive radiotherapy in older patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell cancer
Author(s) -
Wanrong Jiang,
Xiangdong Sun,
Bin Zhou,
Chen Han,
Feng Liu,
Jingwei Zheng,
Xinchen Sun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_789_18
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , radiation therapy , confidence interval , esophagectomy , stage (stratigraphy) , esophageal cancer , surgery , subgroup analysis , gastroenterology , port (circuit theory) , esophageal squamous cell carcinoma , carcinoma , cancer , paleontology , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
This study investigated the outcome of elderly patients (≥65 years) with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (TESCC) treated with esophagectomy and postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) or definitive radiotherapy (DRT).