Assessment of a collaborative treatment model for trimodal management of esophageal cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with esophageal cancer often receive care in a collaborative (multi-institutional) treatment model as opposed to a single institutional model. The effect of a collaborative model on the quality of trimodality therapy and survival is unknown.

Methods

The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was used to identify patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by esophagectomy for esophageal cancer between 2012-2017. Patients who received neoadjuvant therapy and surgery at a single institution were compared to those that received collaborative treatment across multiple institutions. Outcomes included adherence to guideline recommended multiagent chemotherapy, receipt of 41.4-50.4 Gy of radiation, R0 resection, pathologic complete response (pCR), a

SUBMITTER: Udelsman BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10586936 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature