A Seed in the Soil - Isolated Esophageal Cancer Recurrence in the Brain After Trimodality Treatment is more Common than Expected but Associated with Better Outcomes

J Gastrointest Cancer. 2023 Sep;54(3):756-758. doi: 10.1007/s12029-022-00884-2. Epub 2022 Nov 18.

Authors

Dana Ferrari-Light¹, Robert E Merritt¹, Peter J Kneuertz²

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic Surgery Division, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Doan Hall N846, 410 W 10Th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
² Thoracic Surgery Division, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Doan Hall N846, 410 W 10Th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. Peter.Kneuertz@osumc.edu.

PMID: 36401083
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-022-00884-2

No abstract available

Keywords: Brain metastases; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Oligometastatic; Recurrence; Trimodality.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Brain
Combined Modality Therapy
Esophageal Neoplasms* / surgery
Esophagectomy
Humans
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local* / epidemiology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local* / therapy
Retrospective Studies