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CHEMORADIOTHERAPY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER [PDF]
Recent estimates for cancer incidence and mortality in Europe continue to rank colorectal cancer as the second most common cause for cancer related death. Every year more than 376 000 patients are newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer and approximately 200 000 people die from the disease.1 Even though these numbers show a slight decrease,2,3 partially
N, Andre, W, Schmiegel
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Impact of Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and Surgery in Multimodal Treatment of Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer [PDF]
Objectives: It was the aim of this study to assess our institutional experience with definitive chemoradiation (CRT) versus induction chemotherapy followed by CRT with or without surgery (C-CRT/S) in esophageal cancer.
Annina Lemminger +11 more
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Chemoradiotherapy of esophageal carcinoma [PDF]
Chemoradiotherapy has demonstrated efficacy in esophageal cancer but rarely is curative. To improve local control and decrease metastases, a 7-month regimen was used with standard-dose radiotherapy (RT), cisplatin (DDP), and continuous infusion (CI) 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in patients with locoregional squamous/adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.Initial ...
E A, Poplin +9 more
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Oral vinorelbine and cisplatin with concomitant radiotherapy in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A feasibility study [PDF]
Background: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy has improved survival in inoperable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This phase I trial was performed in order to establish a dose recommendation for oral vinorelbine in combination with cisplatin and
Schmidt, Michael +8 more
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Prospective, open, multi-centre phase I/II trial to assess safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with docetaxel and oxaliplatin in patients with adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction [PDF]
Background: This phase I/II-trial assessed the dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RCT) with docetaxel and oxaliplatin in patients with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric ...
Klautke, Gunther +12 more
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Background: Neoadjuvant cancer treatment is associated with improved survival following major oesophagogastric cancer surgery. The impact of neoadjuvant chemo/chemoradiotherapy on physical fitness and operative outcomes is however unclear.
Lisa Loughney +11 more
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Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal or Junctional Cancer [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The role of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of patients with esophageal or esophagogastric-junction cancer is not well established. We compared chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery with surgery alone in this patient population.
Bilgen, E.J.S. +121 more
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Purpose: Induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy and concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone are both standard treatment regimens for managing locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Guoqiang Xu MD +9 more
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Efficacy of Chemotherapy in Survival of Stage I Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
PurposeTo identify whether chemoradiotherapy improves survival of stage I nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).Materials and MethodsNPC patients were extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database between 2010 and 2015.
Jia-Lin Ma +3 more
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Background and Objectives: There is evidence or consensus on the use of 18F-2-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET-CT) in evaluating the effects of treatment at 12 weeks after chemoradiotherapy for head and neck ...
Hoshino Terada +4 more
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