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04.07.2020 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Total Lesion Glycolysis Ratio in Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography Images During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Usefulness and Perspectives as an Evaluation Tool for the Effect of Neoadjuvant Treatment on Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
verfasst von:
Akari Sonoda, MD, Naoya Yoshida, MD, PhD, Hideo Baba, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Sonderheft 3/2020
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Excerpt
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is the standard treatment for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in Japan.
1 When this strategy is implemented, the therapeutic effect of NAC must be precisely evaluated because it can affect the subsequent treatment strategy. Better methods for precise determination of the therapeutic effect, the complete response (CR), and the possibility of curative resection (T4 or not) are required. …