title: Is neoadjuvant therapy the answer to adenocarcinoma of the esophagus?
abstract: The conflicting results of randomized studies have led to confusion over the proper management of patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma. Although there is no firm evidence that neoadjuvant chemoradiation improves survival, because of the shortcomings of these trials, this method of treatment is practiced at many centers. Without the results of another multiinstitutional randomized trial, the true answer may never be known.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Ohio State University, N-907 Doan Hall, 410 West 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA. burak.1@osu.edu
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Burak
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy