Comparison of clinical outcomes of conservative treatment and surgery for esophageal cancer patients who achieve a clinical complete response following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract:Background: Although the clinical complete response (cCR) for esophageal cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) may be related to the good survival prognosis, the choice of conservative and surgical treatments is still controversial. This study sought to compare the clinical outcomes of these two treatments.Methods: A systematic search was conducted according to the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Libra… Show more
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