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March 18, 2026Current OncologyOpen Access

Predictors and Patterns of Recurrence After a Watchful Waiting Approach following Clinical Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy for Esophageal Cancer

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SGSarah GerberMBMax BergerHHHossein Hemmatazad

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Identifies predictors and patterns of recurrence in esophageal cancer patients using a watchful waiting approach after treatment.

Key Points

  • The aim is to identify independent predictors and recurrence patterns in esophageal cancer patients managed with a watchful waiting approach after achieving a complete response to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy.
  • Retrospective analysis of esophageal cancer patients with complete response to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy
  • Comprehensive staging using CT, endoscopy with ultrasound, biopsies, and PET scans
  • Assessment of recurrence patterns through multivariate regression analysis
  • 60% of the 50 patients developed recurrence after a median of 202 days
  • Nodal-negative patients did not experience distant recurrence
  • 26% of nodal-positive patients showed metastatic recurrence, and 16% had local regrowth

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Gerber et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba42cf4e9516ffd37a366dhttps://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol33030170
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