Open Access5-Fluorouracil and Cisplatin Therapy After Palliative Surgical Resection of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
Author(s) -
X Pouliquen,
H Levard,
JeanMarie Hay,
Kathleen McGee,
Abe Fingerhut,
Odile Langlois-Zantin
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199602000-00003
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , chemotherapy , surgery , carcinoma , lymph node , cancer
The curative rate of surgical resection of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is low. Reports on the efficacy of preoperative and postoperative chemotherapy are conflicting or have included limited disease or radical surgery alone.