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Radiation injury to the esophagus is a dose‐limiting toxicity occurring as either an acute or late complication of radiation therapy of thoracic neoplasms. The risk of radiation esophagitis is increased by concurrent chemotherapy and radiation dose–volumetric parameters, which may be related to underlying vascular changes and ischemic injury. Overall, symptomatic radiation esophagitis is rare, affecting <1% of treated patients.