title: [Radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the treatment of oesophageal carcinoma].
abstract: Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the three major arms of treatment for cancer of the oesophagus, and combined modality therapy is required to treat advanced disease. Exclusive chemoradiotherapy is a feasible option for locoregionally advanced disease in responder patients. Elective surgery as a palliative procedure should not be regarded as a standard option in patients with metastatic or non-resectable oesophageal cancer. Surgery appears more and more as an adjuvant therapy in the curative treatment of oesophageal cancer, especially for advanced tumours.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie digestive et générale, hôpital Claude-Huriez, centre hospitalier régional universitaire, Place-de-Verdun, 59037 Lille cedex, France. c-mariette@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mariette
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Triboulet
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care