Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21014, USA.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Summer;24(2):87-9. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2012.06.001.
Locally advanced esophageal cancer requires multimodality therapy-most commonly induction chemoradiation followed by esophagectomy. There is a paucity of literature on the optimal time interval between induction treatment and resection. Patient readiness and healthy tissue, as well as tumor responses to radiation, are factors to consider. Two recent retrospective large-center studies on this topic are reviewed.
局部晚期食管癌需要多模式治疗——最常见的是诱导放化疗后行食管切除术。关于诱导治疗与切除之间的最佳时间间隔，文献报道较少。患者的准备情况和健康组织，以及肿瘤对放疗的反应，都是需要考虑的因素。本文回顾了两项关于该主题的近期大型中心回顾性研究。
