b CONSORT diagram Full size image Radiotherapy The macroscopic tumor volume (GTV) was defined using all information from the findings of initial EUS and PET/CT before and after induction therapy. The initial clinical target volume (CTV1) was constructed from the pretreatment GTV with an axial ...
A schematic diagram of the upper gastrointestinal tract is shown, together with the anatomical locations (circles) at which biopsies were taken. Single cells of digested biopsies were isolated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), followed by scRNA-seq analysis. (B) t-SNE map of all ...
The surgical mortality rate was 1.2%, compared to 0.04% in 2831 patients treated endoscopically (1 death). Adverse events were more severe and frequent with esophagectomy, and included anastomotic leaks (9.4%), wound infections (4.1%) and pulmonary complications (4.1%). Four patients (0.1%) tr...