Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Paclitaxel and Cisplatin in Lymph Node-Positive Adjuvant Chemotherapy in the Treatment of the Lymph Node Positive Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Summary

Esophageal cancer is a highly aggressive malignancy with a poor overall outcome. * Five year survival rate after radical esophagectomy is modest at about 40%.The patients with regional lymph node metastases have worse outcome than those without lymph node metastases. * No standard postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy has ever been established.

Timeline

Start

2015-04

Primary completion

2020-12

Completion

2023-12

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