In recent years, the concept of oligometastases has become accepted and reports on
stereotactic body radiotherapy as a treatment method have been published. Lesions in the …

Background The therapeutic strategies and prognostic risk factors in patients with lymph
node (LN) recurrence of esophageal cancer remain controversial. We assessed clinical …

Aim: Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of carbon-ion radiation therapy for isolated lymph
node recurrence following curative resection of esophageal cancer. Materials and Methods …

Background For patients with postoperative lymph node (LN) recurrent esophageal cancer,
the appropriate irradiation field in chemoradiotherapy (CRT) remains controversial. We …

Recurrence following a resection for an adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction
leads to reduced long-term survival. This study aims to identify risk factors associated with …

Purpose Esophageal cancer (EC) is the eighth most common cancer worldwide. With an
overall 5-year survival rate of 15-25%, it is the sixth leading cause of cancer-associated …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate fludeoxyglucose-positron emission;
tomography/CT's (FDG-PET/CT) performance in the follow; up of patients with surgically …

Aberrant expression of tumor associated genes is one of key mechanisms which
participated in esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) development through the …

Barrett's oesophagus (BO) is a condition in which the distal squamous lining of the
oesophagus is replaced by a metaplastic, columnar-like epithelium due to chronic …