ACUTE AND DELAYED-EFFECTS OF RADIOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ESOPHAGEALSQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY, SURGERY AND PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY

Authors
CWIKIEL M ALBERTSSON M HAMBRAEUS G
Citation
M. Cwikiel et al., ACUTE AND DELAYED-EFFECTS OF RADIOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ESOPHAGEALSQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY, SURGERY AND PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY, Acta oncologica, 33(1), 1994, pp. 49-53
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
Acta oncologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0284186X
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
49 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0284-186X(1994)33:1<49:AADORI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Among 73 patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated wit h chemotherapy (cis-platin + 5-fluorouracil), surgery and pre- and pos toperative radiotherapy, the 1-year survival rate was 68% and the 5-ye ar rate 26%. The treatment was well tolerated, though there were 11 ca ses of pericardial or pleural effusion, in all of which the effusion w as benign and could be successfully treated with pleural aspiration an d/or pleurodesis, pericardiocentesis, or in one case pericardectomy.