Commentary: Don't stop operating! Surgery is still an important part of the definitive treatment approach to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy

Central MessageFollowing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, residual tumor cells may exist in any layer of the esophagus. In many cases, it is impossible to detect residual cancer.See Article page 1632. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) has become the standard of care for patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). It is reported that the pathological complete response rate after...