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Table 4 Type of first progression in CRT-S and D-CRT group

From: A retrospective study comparing definitive chemoradiotherapy vs. chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery in T4 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients who were downstaged after neochemoradiotherapy

Type of first progression

CRT-S (n = 32)

D-CRT (n = 74)

P

Local recurrence

1

27

 < 0.001

Regional lymph node metastasis

6

19

Distant metastasis

8

12

Stable

17

16

  1. CRT-S chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery; D-CRT definitive chemoradiotherapy