Intensity-modulated versus 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in the definitive treatment of esophageal cancer: comparison of outcomes and acute toxicity.

Radiat Oncol · 2017 · PMC5558777 · PMID 28810885

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Besides the confirmation of a beneficial impact of increased RT doses on LR (HR 0.686, 95%-CI 0.524 – 0.897; p = 0.006) and a borderline significant worse OS for high-grade tumors (HR 1.743, 95%-CI 1.003 – 3.029; p = 0.049) MVA did not reveal any further significant findings.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Although median OS was 42.0 months with IMRT compared to 18.4 months with 3DCRT, this difference did not reach statistical significance.

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