Radiation Oncology

Gastroesophageal Cancer

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How do you select neoadjuvant chemo vs chemoRT in locally advanced, resectable GEJ/esophageal tumors?

NCCN recommends perioperative FLOT or FOLFOX vs. neoadjuvant chemoRT with Carboplatin/Paclitaxel or FOLFOX.Does CM-577 and the approval of nivolumab p...

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Can the results of Checkmate 577 be applied to patients who do not undergo surgery following chemoradiation because of a clinical complete response?

What about for a patient with complete radiographic response who declines surgical management?

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How would you treat a patient with adenocarcinoma of the GE junction in the setting of interstitial lung disease?

Is neoadjuvant chemoradiation or perioperative chemotherapy preferred?

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How do you treat locally advanced, operable, Siewert 3 GE junction adenocarcinomas?

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Do you recommend adjuvant chemoradiation for T2N0 gastric adenocarcinoma?

In a patient with an R0 resection, would you routinely recommend postop chemoradiation, since these patients were included in the MacDo...

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Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2012-07-01

Updated analysis of SWOG-directed intergroup study 0116: a phase III trial of adjuvant radiochemotherapy versus observation after curative gastric cancer resection.

The New England journal of medicine, 2001-09-06

Chemoradiotherapy after surgery compared with surgery alone for adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction.

Lancet Oncol., 2015-09-01

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus surgery versus surgery alone for oesophageal or junctional cancer (CROSS): long-term results of a randomised controlled trial.

N Engl J Med, 2006 Jul 6

Perioperative chemotherapy versus surgery alone for resectable gastroesophageal cancer.

The New England journal of medicine, 2002-10-17

Twenty-year follow-up of a randomized trial comparing total mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lumpectomy plus irradiation for the treatment of invasive breast cancer.

Ann. Surg., 2007-11-01

The TME trial after a median follow-up of 6 years: increased local control but no survival benefit in irradiated patients with resectable rectal carcinoma.

N Engl J Med, 2021-04-01

Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer.

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Apr 23

Ten-Year Outcome of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Plus Surgery for Esophageal Cancer: The Randomized Controlled CROSS Trial.

Lancet,

Epidermoid anal cancer: results from the UKCCCR randomised trial of radiotherapy alone versus radiotherapy, 5-fluorouracil, and mitomycin. UKCCCR Anal Cancer Trial Working Party. UK Co-ordinating Committee on Cancer Research.

BMC Cancer, 2016 Jul 19

ESOPEC: prospective randomized controlled multicenter phase III trial comparing perioperative chemotherapy (FLOT protocol) to neoadjuvant chemoradiation (CROSS protocol) in patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (NCT02509286).

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