THE VALUE OF RADIOTHERAPY OR CHEMOTHERAPY AFTER INTUBATION FOR ADVANCED ESOPHAGEAL-CARCINOMA - A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL

Authors
SCHMID EU ALBERTS AS GREEFF F TERBLANCHE APS SCHOEMAN L BURGER W SHIELS RA FRIEDIGER D VANDERHOVEN A FALKSON G
Citation
Eu. Schmid et al., THE VALUE OF RADIOTHERAPY OR CHEMOTHERAPY AFTER INTUBATION FOR ADVANCED ESOPHAGEAL-CARCINOMA - A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL, Radiotherapy and oncology, 28(1), 1993, pp. 27-30
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiotherapy and oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01678140
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
27 - 30
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-8140(1993)28:1<27:TVOROC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
After intubation for advanced, inoperable squamous carcinoma of the oe sophagus, a prospectively controlled randomized trial was done to inve stigate the effect of radiotherapy (41 patients) or mono-chemotherapy (40 patients) or no further treatment (46 patients). Treatment had no significant effect on either palliation or survival (p less-than-or-eq ual-to 0.7) and did not alter the natural history of the disease.