Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery Compared with Surgery Alone for Localized Esophageal Cancer

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Authors

David P. Kelsen · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Robert J. Ginsberg · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Thomas F. Pajak · RTOG Foundation

Daniel G. Sheahan · University of Pittsburgh

Leonard L. Gunderson · Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Joanne Mortimer · Washington University in St. Louis

Norman Estes

Abstract

Preoperative chemotherapy with a combination of cisplatin and fluorouracil did not improve overall survival among patients with epidermoid cancer or adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.

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 339, Issue 27, pp. 1979-1984

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199812313392704

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