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David H. Ilson, MD, PhD, on Improving Esophageal Cancer Outcomes: Future Directions

2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

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David H. Ilson, MD, PhD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the merits of preoperative chemotherapy vs chemoradiotherapy, the role of targeted agents, recent results from genomic profiling, and whether PET scans can guide neoadjuvant treatment.



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