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Table 1 Landmark studies of chemotherapy in the curative settingAuthor
Experimental arm
Control arm
Outcomes
% of esophageal/esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma
Subgroup outcomes
PreoperativeIntergroup 0113
(1998, 2007) [^9
,^10
]
Preoperative
PF
×
3
Surgery
alone
No survival benefit
52.2%
- Similar outcomes in
adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma
- Locoregional and distant failure
were higher in adenocarcinoma in the surgery alone arm
- Decreased risk of death for
adenocarcinoma in the preop PF arm.
MRC OE02
(2002, 2009) [^11
,^12
]
Preoperative
PF
×
2
Surgery
alone
Improved OS (HR 0.79,
p^
=^
0.004)
mOS: 16.8
months vs.
13.3
months
66%
- Similar outcomes in
adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma
PerioperativeMRC MAGIC
(2006) [
16
]
Perioperative
ECF
Surgery
alone
Improved OS (HR 0.75,
p^
=^
0.009) and PFS
(HR 0.66,
p^
<^
0.001)
5 year OS 36% vs. 23%
26%(lower esophagus: 14.5%GEJ:11.5%)
- Similar outcomes in gastric,
esophagus or: esophagogastric junction tumors
FNCLCC/FFCD
(2011) [
17
]
Perioperative
PF
Surgery
alone
Improved OS (HR 069,
p^
=^
0.02) and DFS
(HR 0.65,
p^
=^
0.003)
5
year OS 38% vs. 24%
5
year DFS 34% vs. 19%
75%
- Tumor location was a significant
prognostic factor in multivariable analysis (
p^
<^
0.01)
(continued)
Chemotherapy