Nomogram for predicting pathologically complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for oesophageal cancer

摘要

Background: A pathologically complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) is seen in 30% of the patients with oesophageal cancer. The aim is to identify patient and tumour characteristics associated with a pCR and to develop a nomogram for the prediction of pCR.