5-Fluorouracil and cisplatin as palliative treatment of advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Autor: Patrick Lozach, Jean-Marie Hay, Hugues Levard, Abe Fingerhut, Jacques Testart, Xavier Pouliquen, Michel Huguier, Odile Langlois-Zantain
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: European Journal of Surgery. 164:849-857
ISSN: 1741-9271
1102-4151
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750005273
Popis: Objective: To compare chemotherapy with no chemotherapy as palliative treatment for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Design: Randomised study.Setting: Multicentre trial in France.Subjects: Of 161 patients with histologically confirmed oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma located more than 5 cm from the mouth of the oesophagus, five were withdrawn because of protocol violation. The remaining 156 patients, 149 men and 7 women, mean (SD) age 58 (9) years range 36 to 77, were randomly allocated to either a control group without chemotherapy (n ≥ 84) or a group treated by chemotherapy (n ≥ 72). Patients were divided into four strata: I ≥ complete resection of the tumour but with lymph node involvement (n ≥ 62) ; II ≥ incomplete resection of tumour leaving gross tumour behind (n ≥ 58) ; III ≥ no resection because of local or regional invasion (n ≥ 22) ; and IV ≥ no resection because of distant metastasis (n ≥ 14). Exclusion criteria were histologically confirmed tracheobronchial involvement, oesophagotracheal...
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