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Table 6 Site of first recurrence in 76 esophageal cancer patients.

From: High-dose chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery versus surgery alone in esophageal cancer: a retrospective cohort study

 

Surgery alone, n = 45

Chemoradiotherapy + surgery, n = 31

Locoregional failure

0

2 (6)

Distant metastasis

24 (53)

9 (29)

Local and distant simultaneously

3 (7)

3 (10)

No recurrence

11 (24)

12 (39)

R1 or R2 resections

7 (16)

5 (16)

  1. Locoregional failure stands for disease recurrence in the field of radiotherapy and/or field of surgery in the mediastinum. Remaining microscopic or macroscopic disease after surgery. Percentages are in parentheses.