40
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2000
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2009
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2009
Esophagectomy
The patients will receive standard open esophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy
Definitive chemoradiation
3-weekly cycles of cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy and radical radiotherapy delivered in a three-dimensional conformal mode (total of 50-60 Gy given in 25-30 fractions) will be given over a period 5-6 weeks.
Chinese University of Hong Kong
OTHER