Open AccessCurative Treatment for Esophageal Cancer: Vancouver Island Cancer Centre Experience from 1993 to 1998
Author(s) -
Kenneth S. Wilson,
Amanda G Wilson,
Gary J Dewar
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2002/767602
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , chemoradiotherapy , surgery , esophageal cancer , dysphagia , radiation therapy , cancer
To review outcomes after curative treatment for esophageal cancer in the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre from 1993 to 1998. Curative treatments included esophagectomy alone, and chemoradiotherapy with "selective surgery" for patients with post-treatment-positive endoscopic biopsy or less than 75% regression on computed axial tomography scan, or with resectable local recurrence.
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