Failure pattern of elective nodal irradiation for esophageal squamous cell cancer treated with neoadjuvant

Sha Zhou1, Li Zhang1, Liling Luo1

  • 1Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Institute, Guangzhou, China.

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