Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Planned Surgery or by Surveillance and Surgery Only When Needed for Oesophageal Cancer

1.8 Gy fractions 5 days per week in 23 fractions to a total dose of 41.4 Gy.

Carboplatin AUC 2 + Paclitaxel 50mg/m2 weekly x 5 (day 1, 8, 15, 22, 29), starting same day as radiotherapy

Esophagectomy performed within 8 weeks after termination of chemoradiotherapy

"Two alternative schemes:~1. 1.8 Gy fractions five days per week in 28 fractions to a total dose of 50.4 Gy.~2. 2.0 Gy fractions five days per week in 25 fractions to a total dose of 50 Gy."

Carboplatin AUC 2 + Paclitaxel 50mg/m2 on day 1 weekly during the full course of radiotherapy (5 weeks or 6 weeks, depending on the radiotherapy regimen used).

Cisplatin 75mg/m2 on the first day of weeks 1 and 5 + 5-fluorouracil 1000 mg/m2/day by continuous infusion on the first four days of weeks 1 and 5.

FOLFOX: Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2, calcium folinate 200 mg/m2 and 5-fluorouracil 400 mg/m2 on the first days of weeks 1, 3 and 5 + 5-fluorouracil 800 mg/m2 by continuous infusion on the first two days of weeks 1, 3 and 5.

Esophagectomy only in case of residual or recurrent locoregional cancer.