Key Articles Database - Esophagus

Urba Urba SG, Orringer MB, Turrisi A, et al. Randomized trial of preoperative chemoradiation versus surgery alone in patients with locoregional esophageal carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 2001 Jan 15;19(2):305-13.

Irish Trial Walsh TN, Noonan N, Hollywood D, et al. A comparison of multimodal therapy and surgery for esophageal adenocarcinoma. N Engl J Med. 1996 Aug 15;335(7):462-7.

EORTC/Bosset Bosset JF, Gignoux M, Triboulet JP, et al. Chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery compared with surgery alone in squamous-cell cancer of the esophagus. N Engl J Med. 1997 Jul 17;337(3):161-7.

Intergroup/Herskovic/RTOG 85-01 Al-Sarraf M, Martz K, Herskovic A, et al. Progress report of combined chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone in patients with esophageal cancer: an intergroup study. J Clin Oncol. 1997 Jan;15(1):277-84. ALSO N Engl J Med. 1992 Jun 11;326(24):1593-8.

Dutch Trial  Hulscher JB, van Sandick JW, de Boer AG, et al.  Extended transthoracic resection compared with limited transhiatal resection for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.  N Engl J Med. 2002 Nov 21;347(21):1662-9.

German Trial  Stahl M, Stuschke M, Lehmann N, et al.  Chemoradiation with and without surgery in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.  J Clin Oncol. 2005 Apr 1;23(10):2310-7.

Intergroup 0123/RTOG 94-05 Minsky BD, Pajak TF, Ginsberg RJ, et al. INT 0123 (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 94-05) phase III trial of combined-modality therapy for esophageal cancer: high-dose versus standard-dose radiation therapy. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Mar 1;20(5):1167-74.