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.

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