Are special precautions necessary for esophageal cancer with tracheal invasion prior to chemoradiation?
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
In addition to the standard staging workup for esophageal cancers including EGD/EUS and cross sectional imaging with CT and PET scan, modern guidelines also suggest evaluation of tracheal anatomy with bronchoscopy. It has been our institutional practice to consider this procedure in any patient with...