Dose escalation based on 18F-FDG PET/CT response in definitive chemoradiotherapy of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase III, open-label, randomized, controlled trial (ESO-Shanghai 12)

Abstract Introduction Definitive chemoradiotherapy has established the standard non-surgical treatment for locally advanced esophageal cancer. The standard dose of 50–50.4 Gy has been established decades ago and been confirmed in modern trials. The theorical advantage of better local control and tec...

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Main Authors: Hongcheng Zhu, Qiufang Liu, Hao Xu, Miao Mo, Zezhou Wang, Kui Lu, Jialiang Zhou, Junqiang Chen, Xiangpeng Zheng, Jinjun Ye, Xiaolin Ge, Honglei Luo, Qi Liu, Jiaying Deng, Dashan Ai, Shengnan Hao, Junhua Zhang, I Hsuan Tseng, Shaoli Song, Yun Chen, Kuaile Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-022-02099-y