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ArticleSurgical endoscopy2023

Concurrent radiotherapy cannot provide superiority of surgical oncological outcome and long-term survival rate in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by minimally invasive esophagectomy.

Ying-Jian Wang, Tao Bao, Kun-Kun Li, Xian-Feng Xie, Xian-Dong He, Xiao-Long Zhao, Wei Guo

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Ying-Jian WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Army Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital), Changjiang Route #10, Daping, 400042, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Tao BaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Army Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital), Changjiang Route #10, Daping, 400042, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Kun-Kun LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Army Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital), Changjiang Route #10, Daping, 400042, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Xian-Feng XieDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Army Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital), Changjiang Route #10, Daping, 400042, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Xian-Dong HeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Army Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital), Changjiang Route #10, Daping, 400042, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Long ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Army Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital), Changjiang Route #10, Daping, 400042, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Wei GuoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Army Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital), Changjiang Route #10, Daping, 400042, Chongqing, People's Republic of China. gyguowei@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3886-992X

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backgroundTo evaluate effectiveness of concurrent radiotherapy in esophageal cancer patient treated with neoadjuvant therapy.

methodsThe data of 1026 consecutive esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients who underwent minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) were retrospectively collected. The main inclusion criteria were patients with locally advanced (cT2-4N0-3M0) ESCC who underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) or neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) followed by MIE, and divided into two groups according to different neoadjuvant strategies. Propensity score matching was performed to improve the comparability between the two groups.

resultsAfter exclusion and matching, 141 patients were enrolled retrospectively: 92 received NCT, and 49 received NCRT. No difference in clinicopathologic characteristics or incidence of adverse events between groups. A shorter operation time (215.7 ± 35.5 min) (p < 0.001), less blood loss (111.2 ± 67.7 ml) (p = 0.0007) and a greater number of lymph nodes retrieved (33.8 ± 11.7) (p = 0.002) were observed in NCT group than in NCRT group. The incidence of postoperative complications was similar between groups. Although patients in NCRT group had better pathological complete response (16, 32.7%) (p = 0.0026) and ypT0N0 (10, 20.4%) (p = 0.0002) rates, there was no significant difference in 5-year progression-free survival (p = 0.1378) or disease-specific survival (p = 0.1258) between groups.

conclusionsCompared with NCRT, NCT has certain advantages in that it can simplify the surgical procedure and decrease the surgical technique required without compromising the surgical oncological outcomes and long-term survival of patients.

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Esophageal NeoplasmsEsophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaChemoradiotherapyEsophagectomyHumansNeoadjuvant TherapyRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaMinimally invasive esophagectomyNeoadjuvant chemoradiotherapyNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPostoperative complicationSurvival

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