Treatment of Locally Advanced Esophageal Carcinoma
Publication Date: June 22, 2020
Key Points
Key Points
- Esophageal cancer is the 6th most common cancer worldwide, with an estimated 450,000 deaths per year.
- Multimodality therapy for patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma is recommended.
- For the subgroup of patients with adenocarcinoma, preoperative chemoradiotherapy or perioperative chemotherapy should be offered.
- For the subgroup of patients with squamous cell carcinoma, preoperative chemoradiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy without surgery should be offered.
Treatment
...Treatment...
...ultimodality therapy should be offered to patients...
...tive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) or perioperative che...
...erative CRT or CRT without surgery...
Practice Statement
...Practic...
...with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,...