Anastomotic leaks (AL) are a major complication after esophagectomy. This meta-analysis
aimed to determine identify risks factors for AL (preoperative, intra-operative, and post …

Esophageal cancer remains one of the leading causes of death from cancer across the
world despite advances in multimodality therapy. Although early-stage disease can often be …

Elderly patients represent a growing subgroup of cancer patients for whom the role of
radiation therapy is poorly defined. Older patients are still clearly underrepresented in …

With a development of radiotherapeutic techniques, availability of radiotherapy data on
cardiotoxicity, and slowly improving esophageal cancer outcomes, an increasing emphasis …

Purpose This multi-institutional review explored associations between radiation dose-
volume histogram (DVH) parameters and cardiopulmonary toxicities with trimodality therapy …

Background Standard therapy for loco‐regionally advanced, resectable oesophageal
carcinoma is trimodality therapy (TMT) consisting of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and …

Radiation therapy (RT) is an integral component of potentially curative management of
esophageal cancer (EC). However, RT can cause significant acute and late morbidity due to …

Background The optimal treatment for elderly patients with esophageal cancer (EC) remains
controversial. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether elderly patients with …

Objectives: The CROSS trial established neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery
(nCRT-S) as superior to surgery alone (S) for locally advanced esophageal cancer (EC) …

Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) plays an essential role in the treatment of esophageal cancer as
either curative or neoadjuvant therapy. When delivered with conventional photon-based …