Results of the baseline positron emission tomography can customize therapy of localized esophageal adenocarcinoma patients who achieve a clinical complete response after chemoradiation

Authors :: David C. Rice
R.U. Komaki
Manoop S. Bhutani
Takashi Taketa
Kazuki Sudo
J. H. Lee
Heath D. Skinner
Mariela A. Blum
Roopma Wadhwa
Jaffer A. Ajani
Dipen M. Maru
Lianchun Xiao
Wayne L. Hofstetter
Jeremy J. Erasmus
Brian Weston
Akihiro Suzuki
S.G. Swisher
Source :: Annals of Oncology. 24:2854-2859
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2013.
Abstract: BACKGROUND Patients with localized esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) who achieve a clinical complete response (clinCR) after preoperative chemoradiation (trimodality therapy; TMT) or definitive chemoradiation (bimodality therapy; BMT) live longer than those who achieve a

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