Radiation therapy adds risk to major cancer surgery, study finds

A new analysis of esophageal cancer patients reveals that adding radiation to pre-surgical chemotherapy increases postoperative complications compared to chemotherapy alone. The finding could reshape how doctors prepare patients for this high-risk surgery and influence treatment protocols at hospitals nationwide.

Originaltitel: Postoperative complications after esophagectomy for cancer, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy compared to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: A single institutional cohort study