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This chapter will discuss workup, treatment, and management of esophageal cancer with focus on radiotherapy studies and techniques.
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We thank Charlotte Dai Kubicky MD, PhD, and Marc B. Nash MD for their work on the prior edition of this chapter.
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Yu, Y., Chung, H.T., Anwar, M. (2018). Esophageal Cancer. In: Hansen, E., Roach III, M. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62642-0_18
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