Defining conversion therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Satoru Matsuda, Takahiro Tsushima, Ken Kato, Chih‐Hung Hsu, Jang‐Ming Lee, Yhi Wong, Hu‐Lin Christina Wang, Chang Hyun Kang, Xufeng Guo, Shun Yamamoto, Takayuki Tsuji, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Hiroya Takeuchi, Simon Law, Yuko Kitagawa
Abstract
A multimodality treatment conference with experts from across East Asia was held to establish a consensus for conversion therapy. An agreement was reached that conversion therapy was defined as surgery or chemoradiotherapy (CRT) aiming at cure after initial treatment for tumors that were initially unresectable due to adjacent organ invasion or distant metastasis.
Topics & Concepts
ChemoradiotherapyEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaMedicineMetastasisBasal cellRadiologyRadiation therapyOncologyCarcinomaSurgeryInternal medicineCancerEsophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes