Survival after Multimodal Treatment Including Surgery for Metastatic Esophageal Cancer: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: The management of metastatic esophageal cancer is more often limited to palliative chemotherapy. Limited data are available regarding the role of surgery that remains controversial. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the survival outcome of surgically treated metastatic esophageal cancer patients. (2) Methods: The present systematic review is designed using the PRISMA guidelines and has been registered with PROSPERO (CRD42019140306). Two reviewers independently searched and identified studies dealing with surgery for stage IV esophageal cancer in the Medline and Google Scholar databases between January 2008 and December 2019. (3) Results: Seven retrospective nonrandomized studies, totaling 1756 patients with stage IV esophageal cancer who underwent curative surg

SUBMITTER: Bardol T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9405894 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature