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Gastrointestinal Cancers • Medical Oncology
How would you manage a patient with esophageal SCC that completed concurrent chemoradiation without definitive surgery with imaging evidence of local progression but biopsies only show focal dysplasia?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
The imaging evidence of local progression is concerning despite biopsies only showing focal dysplasia.
First of all, endoscopy assessment should be done >6 weeks post chemoradiation. Even if the timing is optimal, endoscopic biopsy has limitations post chemoradiation. (Sarkaria IS, R...
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