Surgical Resection after Chemoradiotherapy with a Higher Radiation Dose in Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer: A Retrospective Study from Taiwan.

J Chest Surg · 2025 · PMC12592021 · PMID 40984825

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OS was similar between active surveillance and surgery groups in both intent-to-treat and as-treated analyses, but DFS showed a trend favoring surgery (2-year DFS: 66.7% surgical vs. 42.7% surveillance; p=0.262).

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