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Advances in neoadjuvant treatment strategies for locally advanced esophageal cancer

Journal Of Modern Oncology[ISSN:1672-4992/CN:61-1415/R]

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2023 21
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4083-4088
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Title:
Advances in neoadjuvant treatment strategies for locally advanced esophageal cancer
Author(s):
GAO XinLI QingxinHU Gawei
The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army,Gansu Lanzhou 730050,China.
Keywords:
esophageal cancerneoadjuvant therapychemotherapyradiotherapyimmunotherapy
PACS:
R735.1
DOI:
10.3969/j.issn.1672-4992.2023.21.034
Abstract:
Surgery is the preferred treatment for patients with resectable esophageal cancer,but for some patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer,neoadjuvant therapy makes tumor resection possible while reducing the risk of local recurrence and distant metastasis.Based on the results of several randomized clinical trials,neoadjuvant therapy can improve the overall survival rate of patients with locally advanced resectable esophageal cancer.Therefore,neoadjuvant the rapy is recommended as the standard of care for patients with locally advanced resectable esophageal cancer.However,the specific regimen of neoadjuvant therapy for patients with different histological types of esophageal cancer remains controversial.In addition,immune checkpoint inhibitors,as one of the important strategies for esophageal cancer treatment,offer new hope for esophageal cancer treatment when combined with traditional neoadjuvant regimens.In this review,the research progress and problems of neoadjuvant treatment strategies for locally advanced esophageal cancer will be summarized.

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