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The T stage of esophageal cancer can be effectively predicted by muscularis propria thickness and muscularis propria + mucosa thickness under ultrasonic gastroscopy

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The latest version of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgical treatment or radical chemoradiotherapy for patients with cT3N0M0. Neoadjuvant therapy can improve the prognosis of… Click to show full abstract

The latest version of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgical treatment or radical chemoradiotherapy for patients with cT3N0M0. Neoadjuvant therapy can improve the prognosis of patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. Therefore, the evaluation or prediction of T stage is particularly important because the treatment could differently affect the prognosis. Here, we establish a model to predict the T stage of patients with T2‐3N0M0 to help choose the best treatment strategy.

Keywords: esophageal cancer; stage; muscularis propria; thickness; cancer

Journal Title: Thoracic Cancer
Year Published: 2022

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