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Management of Patients With Adenocarcinoma or Squamous Cancer of the Esophagus.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2018
Ilson David H, van Hillegersberg Richard
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Esophageal cancer is characterized by early and frequent metastasis. Surgery is the primary treatment for early-stage disease, whereas patients with patients with locally advanced disease receive perioperative chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. Squamous cancers can be treated with primary chemoradiotherapy without surgery, depending on their response to therapy and patient tolerance for subsequent surgery....
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