Meta‐analysis of neoadjuvant treatment modalities and definitive non‐surgical therapy for oesophageal squamous cell cancer

The standard treatment for resectable oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is surgical resection with adequate lymphadenectomy. Most Western patients receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy (CRT). In recent years some patients have received CRT alone (definitive CRT, dCRT). This meta‐analysis sought to clarify the benefits of neoadjuvant and definitive treatment for OSCC.

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