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CT Radiomics for Predicting Thoracic Vertebral Compression Fractures After Radiotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Two-Center Retrospective Study

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Abstract

Background Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are clinically significant skeletal complications that may occur after radiotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

The paper

Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College

Research Square, 10 Aug 2026, CC BY, Preprint, not peer-reviewed

doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10572450/v1