Application of concurrent chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of non-operative esophageal cancer / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Esophageal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors of upper digestive tract.Squamous cell carcinoma dominates in China and other parts of Asia,while adenocarcinoma dominates in Europe and the United States.Therefore,there are great differences in the pathogenesis of its biological characteristics and the selection of relevant treatment methods.Currently,surgery is still the preferred method for patients with esophageal cancer.But for patients locally advanced or distant metastases who are inoperable and for patients who are operable but do not want surgery,concurrent chemotherapy with radiotherapy is considered the standard noninvasive treatment.