Clinical Outcomes of Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Cervical Esophageal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aim

To investigate the clinical outcomes of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in patients with cervical esophageal carcinoma and analyze the prognostic factors.

Patients and methods

Thirty-nine patients with cervical esophageal carcinoma were retrospectively identified among consecutive patients who received CCRT between November 2009 and September 2019 at our institution. The patients were treated by intensity-modulated radiation therapy (N=13) or three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (N=26).

Results

The median follow-up period was 35 months (range=2-158 months). There were 32 men and 7 women with a median age of 66 years (range=50-83 years). Clinical stages were I in 6 patients, II in 4, III in 19, and IV in 10. Hypopharyngeal invasion was noted in 8

SUBMITTER: Tasaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9801454 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature