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20-09-2023 | Esophageal Cancer | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Can Nodal Features Improve Treatment Response Prediction in Esophageal Cancer?
Authors:
Kunwei Li, MM, Shuaitong Zhang, PhD, Hong Shan, PhD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 13/2023
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Excerpt
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) followed by surgery is the standard treatment for patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Patients who achieve pathological complete response (pCR) after NCRT may benefit from organ-preserving and function-preserving strategies.
1 Therefore, accurate pCR prediction before surgery is critical for guiding treatment decision. Several studies have demonstrated the potential of primary tumor-based radiomic approach on predicting pCR in ESCC.
2,3 However, the predictive value of radiomic features from lymph node (LN) regions has not been validated. …