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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 82, 713-719, Copyright © 1981 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Eradication and palliation of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical therapy

Z Steiger, R Franklin, RF Wilson, L Leichman, H Seydel, JJ Loh, G Vaishamapayan, T Knechtges, I Asfaw, A Dindogru, JC Rosenberg, T Buroker, A Torres, D Hoschner, P Miller, T Pietruk and V Vaitkevicius

Between April, 1977, and March, 1981, 86 unselected patients with proved squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus were treated with a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy followed by operation whenever feasible. The preoperative chemotherapeutic agents used initially were 5-fluorouracil, and mitomycin C. After December, 1979, cis-platinum was used instead of mitomycin C. Radiotherapy (3,000 rads) of the tumor was begun at the same time as the chemotherapy. An esophagectomy was performed on suitable candidates 3 to 4 weeks after the chemotherapy and radiotherapy were completed. The mucosal lesion disappeared in 69 of the 86 patients, and dysphagia was relieved at least temporarily in 57 of 62 patients. Recurrent dysphagia resulting from fibrosis at the tumor site caused a secondary stenosis in 11 patients. Excellent palliation was obtained in five patients with bronchoesophageal fistulas who had an initial substernal gastric bypass followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Of the 48 patients who had an esophagectomy, 15 (31%) had no tumor in the resected specimen. Eleven of these 15 patients are still alive with no evidence of disease. All patients with a lesion less than 5.0 cm in length had complete regression of the tumor. We believe that this combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical therapy provides excellent palliation, increases resectability, and has a potential for cure.

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