Chemoradiation
or
Selective Esophagectomy
• ESSEN Trial – 2005
T3-4, N0-1, M0
Low third: 0%
172 pts
Adeno 0%
Treatemet related mortality
chemoradiotherapy + surgery:
12.8%
Stahl
et al
; JCO 2005
(Germany)
chemoradiotherapy alone:
3.5%
p=0.03