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The efficacy and feasibility of weekly 5-FU and cisplatin based radical concurrent chemoradiation therapy(CRT) in patients with esophageal cancer.

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169Background: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT) has become a promising treatment for esophageal cancer. Mostly, however, 3 week or 4 week interval of conventional FP(5-fluorouracil plus cisplatin) regimen is adopted, which is usually… Click to show full abstract

169Background: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT) has become a promising treatment for esophageal cancer. Mostly, however, 3 week or 4 week interval of conventional FP(5-fluorouracil plus cisplatin) regimen is adopted, which is usually associated with moderate to severe treatment-related toxicities. Studies about weekly regimen of FP CCRT are little known, thus we studied the efficaty, tolerability and toxicities of weekly FP CCRT regimen. Methods: From February 2010 to august 2015, Patients staging from I to III esophageal cancer(according to AJCC 7th edition) were enrolled, who were received radiation therapy with dose of from 50.4Gy to 60Gy(5 days/week) and 5-FU 1000mg/BSA with cisplatin 30mg/BSA weekly. Results: From February 2010 to august 2015, 50 patients: male/female 47/3, median age 71.5 (47-78), all of 50 patients was squamous carcinoma, well/moderately differentiated carcinoma 1/18. 45 patients completed CRT without dose reduction, 9 patients received less than 6 cycles of chemotherapy, 4 patie...

Keywords: esophageal cancer; cisplatin; cancer; therapy; crt; efficacy feasibility

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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