EBRO 2017

Failure patterns in patients with esophageal cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation

EBRO 2017

• 239 patients dCRT • 87% T3/T4 • 50.4Gy/28 fr + 5FU

• Median FU 52.6 months • 50% (n=119) local failure • 48% (n=114) distant failure • 31% (n= 74) NED

• Local failure (n=119)

• 90% GTV failure(107/119) • 23% CTV failure (27/119) • 12% PTV failure (14/119)

Welsh, Cancer 2012