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Open AccessEfficacy and complications of single-port thoracoscopic minimally invasive esophagectomy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a single-center experience
The traditional surgical technique for esophageal cancer is mainly open esophagectomy. With the innovation of surgical instruments, it is necessary to re-optimize the minimally invasive surgery. Therefore, sin...
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Open AccessClinical significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes investigated using routine H&E slides in small cell lung cancer
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Open AccessDoes chemoradiotherapy benefit elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer? A propensity-score matched analysis on multicenter data (3JECROG R-03A)
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Open AccessPostoperative chemoradiotherapy is superior to postoperative chemotherapy alone in squamous cell lung cancer patients with limited N2 lymph node metastasis
The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of postoperative chemoradiotherapy (POCRT) following surgery in non-small-cell lung cancer patients with N2 lymph node metastasis (N2-NSCLC).
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Open AccessProposed revision of the 8th edition AJCC clinical staging system for esophageal squamous cell cancer treated with definitive chemo-IMRT based on CT imaging
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Open AccessAdjuvant chemotherapy does not benefit patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: The efficacy and toxicities of intensive induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with N3 disease
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Open AccessThe efficacy and toxicities of intensive induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with N3 disease
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A Coupled Cellular Automaton–Finite-Element Mathematical Model for the Multiscale Phenomena of Electroslag Remelting H13 Die Steel Ingot
A coupled cellular automaton–finite-element mathematical model has been developed to investigate the multiscale phenomena of the electroslag remelting (ESR) H13 steel ingot. The heat transfer equation is solve...