Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2066: Hazard Curves for Tumor Recurrence and Tumor-Related Death Following Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer

Conclusion: In curatively resected esophageal cancer, both tumor recurrence hazard and hazard for tumor-related death showed distinct, partly bimodal patterns. It could be justified to intensify the surveillance during the first two postoperative years by initiating a close-meshed follow-up to detect and treat tumor recurrence, as early as possible.

Source: Cancers - July 26, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Joerg Lindenmann Melanie Fediuk Nicole Fink-Neuboeck Christian Porubsky Martin Pichler Luka Brcic Udo Anegg Marija Balic Nadia Dandachi Alfred Maier Maria Smolle Josef Smolle Freyja Maria Smolle-Juettner Tags: Article Source Type: research