Effectiveness of salvage radiotherapy for superficial esophageal Cancer after non-curative endoscopic resection

Effectiveness of salvage radiotherapy for superficial esophageal Cancer after non-curative endoscopic resection

Abstract Background Endoscopic resection is widely used as an effective treatment for superficial esophageal cancer. However, the risk of lymph node metastasis increases in cases of muscularis mucosae or deeper invasion, for which additional treatment such as radiotherapy or surgery is required. Acc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ikuno Nishibuchi, Yuji Murakami, Yoshinori Adachi, Nobuki Imano, Yuki Takeuchi, Ippei Tkahashi, Tomoki Kimura, Yuji Urabe, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Yasushi Nagata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Superficial esophageal cancer
Endoscopic resection
Radiotherapy
Elective nodal irradiation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-020-01582-8

Similar Items

Similar Items