welcomes you to the new, improved website!In this retrospective study of 1760 patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering, isolated brain metastases occurred in 2% during follow-up. More than half of those developed within one year of resection. Response to induction therapy was associated with long-term survival in these patients.
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Incidence and Risk Factors for Isolated Esophageal Cancer Recurrence to the Brain
Submitted by: Emily Robinson
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.028
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Author(s): Tamar B. Nobel, Nikita Dave, Mahmoud Eljalby, Xinxin Xingg, Arianna Barbetta, Meier Hsu, Kay See Tan, Yelena Janjigian, Manjit S. Bains, Smita Sihag, David R. Jones, Daniela Molena
