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  • Title: Multimodality treatment in the management of esophageal cancer: neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by transhiatal esophagectomy.
    Author: Irwin JF, Waterfield W, Poussin-Rosillo H, Sardi A.
    Journal: Md Med J; 1997 Oct; 46(9):471-76. PubMed ID: 9327648.
    Abstract:
    Esophageal cancer, although not one of the more common malignancies in the United States, remains a significant problem. Nearly as many patients as are diagnosed die in the same year, regardless of the treatment employed. Surgery is considered the mainstay of therapy. Esophagectomy with the use of the stomach as a substitute is preferred. Radical procedures have not proven more effective in extending survival. Because of the poor five-year survival rate, multimodality therapy with preoperative chemoradiotherapy (neoadjuvant therapy) followed by esophagectomy has shown encouraging results. Two illustrative cases are presented, one with adenocarcinoma and one with a squamous cell carcinoma, that were treated in this manner.
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