In patients undergoing neoadjuvant CRT followed by Ivor Lewis esophagectomy, the incidence of AC is related to the RT dose on the gastric fundus but not to the dose received by the proximal esophagus.
When planning preoperative RT, efforts should be made to limit the median dose on the gastric fundus to 29 Gy with a V(30) below 40%.
2012-01-30
Eng.
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Mar;82(3):e513-9
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