Table 3.

Summary of published data on the treatment and survival of patients with brain metastases from esophageal cancer

Author/year	Cases	Pathology of primary esophageal carcinoma	Median survival after diagnosis of brain metastases
Ogawa et al., 2002 4	35	32 ESSC, 2 EUC, 1 EAC	Resection + WBRT: 9.6 months WBRT alone (30 Gy): 1.8 months
Yoshida et al., 2007 8	17	12 ESSC, 3 EAC, 2 other	Resection alone: 17.7 months Resection + WBRT: 65.5 months Radiosurgery: 9.5 months
Song et al., 2014 7	26	22 ESSC, 4 EAC	Resection alone: 7.0 months RT alone: 4.0 months Chemotherapy alone: 1.8 months
Our study	15	All ESCC	Resection with or without WBRT: 31.5 months

ESSC, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; EUC, esophageal undifferentiated carcinoma; EAC, esophageal adenocarcinoma; WBRT, whole brain radiotherapy.