• Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, P. R. China;
LI Hecheng, Email: lihecheng2000@hotmail.com
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China is a country with a high incidence of esophageal cancer. Most patients are already in the locally advanced stage when first diagnosed. Preoperative neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery has become the standard treatment mode for them. Closely related to prognosis, the evaluation of tumor response is essential. Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors is the gold standard to evaluate tumor response, but the lesions must meet the measurement standards. Tumor regression grading (TRG) systems are designed to classify regressive changes after neoadjuvant treatment based on histopathological results to reveal prognostic information. Concentrating on pathologic assessment of esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant therapy, this article reviews histopathological changes, commonly used TRG systems and current debate.

Citation: FENG Xijia, CHEN Xiaoyan, LI Hecheng. Pathologic assessment of esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant therapy. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023, 30(3): 476-482. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202109052 Copy

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