Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on preoperative pulmonary physiology, postoperative respiratory complications and quality of life in patients with oesophageal cancer.

CONCLUSION: These data indicate that modern nCRT alters pulmonary physiology, in particular diffusion capacity, which is linked to short- and longer-term clinical consequences, highlighting a potentially modifiable index of risk. PMID: 31282584 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of Surgery - July 7, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Elliott JA, O'Byrne L, Foley G, Murphy CF, Doyle SL, King S, Guinan EM, Ravi N, Reynolds JV Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research