Update: Modern Approaches to the Treatment of Localized Esophageal Cancer
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : James Welsh & Arya Amini & Anna Likhacheva & Jeremy Erasmus J. & Daniel Gomez & Marta Davila & Reza J. Mehran & Ritsuko Komaki & Zhongxing Liao & Wayn
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
The optimal treatment strategy for esophageal cancer continues to be a topic of debate. Improvements in chemotherapy drugs, surgical techniques, and radiotherapy planning and delivery have led to the design of treatment approaches that are specific to both the stage of the tumor and the overall performance status of the patient. Surgery continues to be the standard treatment option for localized disease, but multimodality treatments that include radiation and chemotherapy with surgery are increasingly used. The next few years will continue to see improvements in radiation techniques, especially proton beam treatment; the development of additional minimally invasive surgical
Curr Oncol Rep (2011) 13:157–167 DOI 10.1007/s11912-011-0158-z Published online: 2 March 2011
