Is There a Role for Surgery for Patients with a Complete Clinical Response after Chemoradiation for Esophageal Cancer? An Intention-to-Treat Case-Control Study

Abstract

Survival of EC patients with a cCR after CRT is better after surgery compared to simply surveillance. In patients of low operative risk and operable disease, surgery should be considered to improve control of locoregional disease and to overcome the inherent limitations of clinical response assessment.