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The value of radiotherapy or chemotherapy after intubation for advanced esophageal carcinoma--a prospective
E U Schmid1, A S Alberts, F Greeff
1Department of Surgery, Verwoerd Hospital, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Abstract:
After intubation for advanced, inoperable squamous carcinoma of the oesophagus, a prospectively controlled randomized trial was done to investigate the effect of radiotherapy (41 patients) or mono-chemotherapy (40 patients) or no further treatment (46 patients). Treatment had no significant effect on either palliation or survival (p < or = 0.7) and did not alter the natural history of the disease.