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. 2021 Oct 20;11:728185. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.728185

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Network plot showing the following different treatment modalities for patients with esophageal squamous carcinoma. The node size is proportional to the total number of patients receiving specific treatment. Each line represents a type of head-to-head comparison. The width of lines is proportional to the number of trials comparing the connected treatments. S, surgery; NCT_S, neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery; NRT_S, neoadjuvant radiotherapy followed by surgery; NCRT_S, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery; S_ACT, surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy; S_ART, surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy; S_ACRT, surgery followed by adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.