N. V. Dengina

Active follow-up after chemoradiotherapy for thoracic esophageal cancer: a comparative analysis of patients with clinical complete response (cCR) managed without surgery and patients with pathological complete response (pCR) after esophagectomy

Background: chemoradiotherapy followed by esophagectomy is one of the standard treatment options for locally advanced thoracic esophageal cancer. However, the patient management during active follow-up is attracting increasing interest as a personalized treatment approach for selected patients who achieve a clinical co...