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- Title
Efficacy of chemoradiotherapy with low-dose cisplatin and continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil for unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.
- Authors
Takagawa, Ryo; Kunisaki, Chikara; Makino, Hirochika; Kosaka, Takashi; Ono, Hidetaka A.; Akiyama, Hirotoshi; Shimada, Hiroshi
- Abstract
We retrospectively investigated the efficacy of a chemoradiotherapy regimen using daily low-dose cisplatin and continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion in 71 registered patients with unresectable esophageal cancer. The overall response rate (complete response plus partial response) was 59%. The major toxicities observed were leukopenia and anorexia. The 1- and 3-year overall survival rates were 54.6% and 18.4%, respectively. A low preoperative C-reactive protein level was found to be associated with a good response. The pretreatment performance status and response results were both shown to be prognostic factors for overall survival. These findings confirmed that the chemoradiotherapy regimen had curative potential for unresectable esophageal cancer.
- Subjects
CANCER patients; INFUSION therapy; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; CISPLATIN; ESOPHAGEAL cancer
- Publication
Diseases of the Esophagus, 2009, Vol 22, Issue 6, p482
- ISSN
1120-8694
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00935.x