Taxane-based or platinum-based combination chemotherapy given concurrently with radiation followed by surgery resulting in high cure rates in esophageal cancer patients.

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Date publication

février 2020

Journal

Medicine

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Résumé

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is one standard option for localized esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer patients but an optimal concurrent chemotherapy combination is not established.

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Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Feb;99(9):e19295