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cord-297759-arg71du6	Triantafyllou, Tania	Esophageal cancer: challenges, concerns, and recommendations for management amidst the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-06-22		.txt	text/plain	3740	157	30	The primary aim of this review is to summarize the salient evidence for recommendations and optimal treatment strategies for patients with esophageal cancer amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In a viral pandemic, clinicians should balance the need to perform life-prolonging surgery and offer perioperative therapies with a patient's risk of contracting severe pneumonia if infected with SARS-CoV-2. The active surveillance strategy could be an alternative approach for clinically complete responders after neoadjuvant therapy in an effort to avoid possible exposure to COVID-19, which may be particularly beneficial considering the patients' immunosuppressed status [23] . Similarly to the organ-preserving approach in rectal cancer patients who present a complete response after neoadjuvant or definite therapies, the "active surveillance" pathways have been designed as a rationale for clinical complete responders after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of EC. Active surveillance versus immediate surgery in clinically complete responders after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer: a multicenter propensity matched study	./cache/cord-297759-arg71du6.txt	./txt/cord-297759-arg71du6.txt