Failure patterns in patients with esophageal cancer
treated with definitive chemoradiation
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239 patients dCRT
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87% T3/T4
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50.4Gy/28 fr + 5FU
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Median FU 52.6 months
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50% (n=119) local failure
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48% (n=114) distant failure
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31% (n= 74) NED
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Local failure (n=119)
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90% GTV failure(107/119)
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23% CTV failure (27/119)
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12% PTV failure (14/119)
Welsh, Cancer 2012
EBRO
2017