Impact on Radiological and Pathological Response with Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Its Effect on Survival in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Thoracic Esophagus
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- 作者：Abhinav Dewan ; SK Sharma ; AK Dewan ; Ruparna Khurana…
- 关键词：Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma ; Neoadjuvant chemoradiation ; Pathological response ; PET ; CT
- 刊名：Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：March 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：48
- 期：1
- 页码：42-49
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- 刊物主题：Oncology; Gastroenterology; Radiotherapy; Cancer Research; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1941-6636
- 卷排序：48
文摘
BackgroundNeoadjuvant chemoradiation (NCRT) has been shown to improve survival in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of 18-FDG PET-CT in predicting pathological response to NCRT.