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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2022

Factors Affecting Survival in Operated Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Nida Akgul, Abdullah Sakin, Suleyman Sahin, Mehmet Naci Aldemir, Aydin Aytekin, Murat Alay, Umit Haluk Iliklerden, Mehmet Cetin Kotan

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors.

Nida AkgulDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical School, 65030, Van, Turkey. dr.nidaakgul@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9449-5715
Abdullah SakinDepartment of Medical Oncology, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical School, 65030, Van, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-8569
Suleyman SahinDepartment of Medical Oncology, Van Research and Training Hospital, Van, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9769-2565
Mehmet Naci AldemirDepartment of Medical Oncology, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical School, 65030, Van, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-9078
Aydin AytekinDepartment of Medical Oncology, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical School, 65030, Van, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7001-3945
Murat AlayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University Medical School, 65030, Van, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5318-9981
Umit Haluk IliklerdenDepartment of General Surgery, Van Research and Training Hospital, Van, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3950-5535
Mehmet Cetin KotanDepartment of General Surgery, Van Research and Training Hospital, Van, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-4747

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeEsophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is an extremely fatal and relatively rare gastrointestinal system malignancy. This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting survival in operated patients with ESCC. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe included 110 patients (38 [34.5%] male; 72 [65.5%] female) aged ≥ 18 (median age, 54 [26-77]) years who were operated without any signs of metastases and followed up at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Dursun Odabaşı Medical Center between 2004 and 2019.

resultsInitially, 39 (35.5%) patients were clinical lymph node-positive and 71 (64.5%) patients were negative. Thirty-five (31.8%) patients underwent surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT), and 75 (%68.2) patients underwent direct surgery without nCRT. Five-year overall survival (OS) was 84.4% and 59.2% in patients who underwent surgery after nCRT and in those who underwent direct surgery, respectively. Median OS was significantly longer in patients who underwent surgery after nCRT (p = 0.003). There was a statistically significant difference in OS in patients who underwent surgery after nCRT depending on tumor response (p = 0.04). In multivariate analysis, advanced pathologic stage (p = 0.002) adversely affected survival, whereas nCRT administration (p = 0.031) positively affected OS.

conclusionWe suggest that nCRT should be administrated before surgery, especially in locally advanced ESCCs. In addition, we believe that nCRT response can be used as a good parameter for survival. These results, however, should be supported by prospective studies.

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Esophageal NeoplasmsEsophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaAdultAgedChemoradiotherapyEsophagectomyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm StagingProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesEsophageal cancerEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaNeoadjuvant chemoradiotherapySurvival

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