Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Surgery Compared with Surgery Alone in Squamous-Cell Cancer of the Esophagus

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Authors

Jean-François Bosset · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

M Gignoux

Jean–Pierre Triboulet · Hôpital Claude Huriez

Emmanuel Tiret · Saint Louis University Hospital

Georges Mantion · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

Dominique Élias · Institut Gustave Roussy

P Lozac’h · Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest

Abstract

In patients with squamous-cell esophageal cancer, preoperative chemoradiotherapy did not improve overall survival, but it did prolong disease-free survival and survival free of local disease.

Topics & Keywords

Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Esophageal and GI Pathology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 337, Issue 3, pp. 161-167

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199707173370304

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