食管癌术后放化疗的临床研究进展

局部复发和远处转移是影响食管癌患者根治术后远期生存的主要因素.术后进行放、化疗有望降低局部复发及远处转移率,但对食管癌术后进行放化疗的价值过去看法不一致.近年来学者们对食管癌术后放化疗进行了较多的临床研究,发现食管癌术后加放、化疗明显降低了复发率及远处转移率并能提高患者生存率.

Advances in clinical study of postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy for patients with esophageal carcinoma

Local recurrence and distant metastasis is the major factor of impacting long-term survival for patients with esophageal carcinoma after radical resection. Postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy is expected to reduce the rate of local recurrence and distant metastasis, but views for the value of postoperative radiochemotherapy were inconsistent in the past. In recent years, scholars have performed much more clinical studies on postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy and found that the combined postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery significantly reduces the recurrence rate and distant metastasis rate and can enhance the survival of the patients.