Abstract:Purpose/Objective(s): Lung and cardiac toxicity were found to be negative prognostic factors of survival in patients with lung or breast cancer who received radiotherapy as part of their treatment. Their roles in patients with operable esophageal carcinoma (EC) who received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy are not well established. The purpose of this study was to determine the impacts of lung and / or heart dose on survival outcome in patients with EC receiving trimodality therapy. Materials/Methods: The medical… Show more
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