For patients that the TNM staging system is not applicable, tumor volume is a new powerful determinant of survival. Further clinical trials need to be carried out to validate this prospectively.
The results of this prospective phase II study support the feasibility of chemoradiotherapy for oesophageal cancer in carefully selected elderly patients, with the potential for a curative effect.
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