207_Combined course Presentations

Chemo-radiotherapy in oesophageal carcinomas: Take-home messages

1. For T3-T4 or N1 tumours, pre-op RT-CT is required

2. For T3-T4 or N1 tumours, after pre-op RT-CT, the role of surgery is not well defined

3. For inoperable locally advanced tumours, RT-CT could cure #25% of the patients

4. The best chemotherapy regimen to be used with RT: - 5FU-CDDP - FolFox - Taxol/carboplatine