Value of radiotherapy in addition to esophagectomy for stage II and III thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Analysis of surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database.

Cancer Med · 2019 · PMC6346254 · PMID 30561117

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Among the patients receiving multimodality treatments, multivariate analyses revealed stage to be the most significant prognostic factor for OS ( II vs III , HR , 0.726; P < 0.001), but the sequence of radiotherapy and surgery was only of the marginal significance (pre‐ vs postoperative, HR , 0.875; P = 0.093).

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The order of treatment (radiotherapy before or after surgery) was only of marginal significance.

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