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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 58, 1574-1578, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Evolution of treatment strategies for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction

CD Wright, DJ Mathisen, JC Wain, HC Grillo, AD Hilgenberg, AC Moncure, RW Carey, NC Choi, M Daly and DL Logan
General Thoracic Surgical Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.

Between 1980 and 1988, 91 patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus were treated by surgical resection and selective postoperative therapy. Operative mortality was 2%. Pathologic stage was I in 4, II in 26, and III in 61. Actuarial 2- and 5-year survival was 24% and 8%. From 1987 to 1989, 16 patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus were treated with two cycles of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin followed by surgical resection. There was 1 complete response (6%), 5 partial responses (31%), and 10 with no response (63%). Twelve patients had resection. Pathologic stage was I in 1, II in 4, and III in 8. There was one chemotherapy-related death and one surgical death. Actuarial 4-year survival is 42%. From 1990 to 1993, 22 patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus were treated with two cycles of etoposide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin followed by surgical resection. There was 1 complete response (5%), 11 partial responses (50%), and 10 with no response (45%). Eighteen patients had resection. Pathologic stage was 0 in 1, II in 8, and III in 9. There were no treatment-related deaths. The actuarial 2-year survival is 58%. Conclusions are necessarily limited because the patients were not treated in a randomized fashion. These preliminary results with preoperative chemotherapy appear improved (p = 0.04 and p = 0.004, respectively) as compared with results from 1980 to 1988 without preoperative chemotherapy.

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