title: Predicting the response of localised oesophageal cancer to neo-adjuvant chemoradiation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A complete pathological response to neo-adjuvant chemo-radiation for oesophageal cancer is associated with favourable survival. However, such a benefit is seen in the minority. If one could identify, at diagnosis, those patients who were unlikely to respond unnecessary toxicity could be avoided and alternative treatment can be considered. The aim of this review was to highlight predictive markers currently assessed and evaluate their clinical utility.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic search of Pubmed and Google Scholar was performed using the following keywords; "neo-adjuvant", "oesophageal", "trimodality", "chemotherapy", "radiotherapy", "chemoradiation" and "predict". The original manuscripts were sourced for further articles of relevance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Conventional indices including tumour stage and grade seem unable to predict histological response. Immuno-histochemical markers have been extensively studied, but none has made its way into routine clinical practice. Global gene expression from fresh pre-treatment tissue using cDNA microarray has only recently been assessed, but shows considerable promise. Molecular imaging using FDG-PET seems to be able to predict response after neo-adjuvant chemoradiation has finished, but there is a paucity of data when such imaging is performed earlier.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Currently there are no clinically useful predictors of response based on standard pathological assessment and immunohistochemistry. Genomics, proteomics and molecular imaging may hold promise.
authors: Academic Unit of Clinical and Molecular Oncology, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. charles.gillham@slh.ie.
authors: Charles M
authors: CM
authors: Gillham
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Reynolds
authors: Donal
authors: D
authors: Hollywood
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