Perioperative treatment of oesophageal, oesophago-gastric adenocarcinoma: new standards of care and controversies
Journal Title: OncoReview - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Oesophageal, gastroesophageal and gastric cancers represent important diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Even after radical surgical procedure (R0) 5-year survival remains unsatisfactory. It is assumed that perioperative chemo/radiotherapy eliminates local and distant micrometastases. This year (2012) a consensus on the primary therapy of gastric, gastroesophageal and oesophageal cancer was published as a result of the first EORTC St. Gallen International Expert Consensus. Despite a significant progress in the perioperative treatment of locally advanced cancers of upper digestive tract, results of several ongoing clinical trials that may further optimize systemic treatment of these malignancies are eagerly awaited.
Authors and Affiliations
Izabela Łasińska, Łukasz Kwinta, Maria Litwiniuk, Piotr Wysocki
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