Prolonged radiotherapy duration appeared associated with inferior DFS among a cohort of patients with esophageal cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.
Findings additionally showed that women and those with race/ethnicity other than white appeared most likely to experience longer radiotherapy duration and interruptions.
The unplanned, post-hoc, secondary analysis of three NCI-sponsored NRG Oncology prospective, multi-institutional, phase 3 randomized clinical trials included 509 patients (median age, 64 years; 82% men; 74% white) with nonmetastatic esophageal cancer