Complete pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer is associated with enhanced survival

JM Donahue, FC Nichols, Z Li, DA Schomas… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by esophagogastrectomy has
become the standard of care for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. This …

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation versus chemotherapy for patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

TD Luu, P Gaur, SD Force, CA Staley… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by esophagectomy is currently the
standard of care for locally advanced esophageal cancer. This intense preoperative regimen …

Long-term outcomes following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer

JV Reynolds, C Muldoon, D Hollywood, N Ravi… - Annals of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We present and analyze long-term outcomes following multimodal therapy for
esophageal cancer, in particular the relative impact of histomorphologic tumor regression …

Complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal carcinoma is associated with significantly improved survival

AC Berger, J Farma, WJ Scott, G Freedman… - Journal of Clinical …, 2005 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Attempts to improve survival of patients with esophageal cancer have been made
using induction chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery. A large single-center …

[HTML][HTML] Neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus chemoradiation prior to esophagectomy: impact on rate of complete pathologic response and survival in esophageal …

P Samson, C Robinson, J Bradley, AC Lockhart… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in pathologic complete
response (pCR) rates and overall survival among patients receiving either neoadjuvant …

Morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy following neoadjuvant chemoradiation

RE Merritt, RI Whyte, NT D'Arcy, CD Hoang… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemoradiation (CRT) is an accepted treatment for locally
advanced esophageal carcinoma. A survival benefit has not been definitively established …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on prognosis and surgery for esophageal carcinoma

J Lv, XF Cao, B Zhu, L Ji, L Tao… - World journal of …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To investigate the role of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in prognosis and surgery for
esophageal carcinoma by a meta-analysis. METHODS: PubMed and manual searches were …

Histomorphologic tumor regression and lymph node metastases determine prognosis following neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy for esophageal cancer: implications …

PM Schneider, SE Baldus, R Metzger, M Kocher… - Annals of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We sought to quantitatively and objectively evaluate histomorphologic tumor
regression and establish a relevant prognostic regression classification system for …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrence after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery for esophageal cancer: does the pattern of recurrence differ for patients with complete response …

RA Meguid, CM Hooker, JT Taylor, LR Kleinberg… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that most relapses in patients with esophageal cancer having
neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy would occur outside of the surgical and radiation …

Increased time from neoadjuvant chemoradiation to surgery is associated with higher pathologic complete response rates in esophageal cancer

T Shaikh, K Ruth, WJ Scott, BA Burtness… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The interval between neoadjuvant chemoradiation treatment and surgery has
been described as an important predictor of pathologic response to therapy in …