title: Management of late distant metastases after trimodality therapy for esophageal cancer.
abstract: Trimodality therapy has been shown in preliminary studies to increase survival in esophageal cancer. Distant recurrence remains the main pattern of failure. A case of aggressive treatment of two metachronous solitary visceral metastases is presented.
authors: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors: You Sheng
authors: YS
authors: Mao
authors: Mohan
authors: M
authors: Suntharalingam
authors: Mark J
authors: MJ
authors: Krasna
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome