Severe radiation-induced lymphopenia during postoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy has poor prognosis in patients with stage IIB-III after radical esophagectomy: A post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Severe radiation-induced lymphopenia during postoperative radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy has poor prognosis in patients with stage IIB-III after radical esophagectomy: A post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial

ObjectiveTo investigate whether radiation-induced lymphopenia (RIL) affects survival and identify the predictors of RIL in postoperative esophageal cancer.Materials and methodsPost hoc analysis was conducted on data from 116 patients with esophageal cancer from a randomized controlled trial comparin...

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Main Authors: Wenjie Ni, Zefen Xiao, Zongmei Zhou, Dongfu Chen, Qinfu Feng, Jun Liang, Jima Lv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
esophageal cancer
postoperative radiotherapy
lymphopenia
thoracic marrow
survival
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.936684/full

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