Local treatment options for management of loco-regional esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

EREN T., İMAMOĞLU İ., YILDIZ F., ARSLAN S., KOCACAN S., ÇAKAR S., ...More

Romanian Journal of Military Medicine, vol.122, pp.36-42, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 122
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Journal Name: Romanian Journal of Military Medicine
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.36-42
  • Keywords: multimodal treatment, surgery, definitive chemoradiotherapy, squamous cell, esophagus cancer, PHASE-III TRIAL, POSTOPERATIVE CHEMORADIATION, NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, RADIATION-THERAPY, PLUS SURGERY, CANCER, SURVIVAL, STAGE, CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIOTHERAPY
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aim: Surgical treatment is the main treatment method for esophageal cancer. The prognosis is poor due to high local recurrence and distant metastasis rates. Study aims to evaluate the most effective local treatment modality esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) according to real life data.