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

Bosset, Jean-François; Gignoux, M; Triboulet, Jean–Pierre; Tiret, Emmanuel; Mantion, Georges; Élias, Dominique; Lozac’h, P; Ollier, Jean-Claude; Pavy, Jean-Jacques; Mercier, Mariette; Sahmoud, Tarek; Ségol, P; Flamant, Jean-Bernard; Arnaud, Jean‐Pierre; Plachot, J.-P.; Mandard, A.M.; Chaillard, Gaelle

doi:10.1056/nejm199707173370304

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

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 17, 1997

Authors:

Jean-François Bosset

M Gignoux

Jean–Pierre Triboulet

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial to compare preoperative chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery with surgery alone in patients with stage I and II squamous-cell cancer of the esophagus. METHODS: The preoperative combined therapy consisted of two one-week courses; each involved...

Subject

Medicine

Squamous cell cancer

Esophagus

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