Incidence and Risk Factors for Isolated Esophageal Cancer Recurrence to the Brain [1]
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.
Source name:
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Subspecialty(ies):
Thoracic [4]
Taxonomy2018 vocabulary term reference:
Esophagus [5]