%0 Journal Article
%T The significance of surgery following concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
%A Hiroto Muroi
%A Maiko Kikuchi
%A Masanobu Nakajima
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2018
%R 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.58
%X Esophageal cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide because of its poor prognosis (1). Advanced esophageal cancer cannot be cured by a traditional monotherapy method; instead a multidisciplinary therapy is required. Many therapeutic strategies have been developed to date, and several controlled studies have been performed to ensure their efficacy
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