Naughton Peter, Walsh Thomas N
Department of Surgery, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Ireland.
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2004 Feb;4(1):141-50. doi: 10.1586/14737140.4.1.141.
The role of multimodal treatment in the management of esophageal cancer is controversial. There are conflicting results from studies on the effect of neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant treatment on long-term survival. Following a search of the Medline database, the authors examine the results of randomized studies on the various treatment protocols available and discuss future therapeutic improvements.
多模式治疗在食管癌管理中的作用存在争议。关于新辅助和/或辅助治疗对长期生存影响的研究结果相互矛盾。在检索Medline数据库后，作者审视了关于现有各种治疗方案的随机研究结果，并讨论了未来治疗的改进方向。
