Preoperative radiotherapy combined with resection of squamous cell carcinoma of the mid-thoracic oesophagus. Does a histopathological malignancy grading system assess actual survival?
The aim of our study was to assess the reproducibility of the findings of Hambraeus et al. In their group of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus who underwent preoperative radiotherapy and resection, the histopathological malignancy grading score system was found to predict survival. We studied nine patients with squamous cell cancer of the mid-thoracic oesophagus, who had received radiotherapy followed by surgery and survived over 12 months. We did not confirm the prognostic value of the histopathological malignancy grading score system.
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Department of Surgical Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015996:Survival Rate