[Concurrent chemoradiotherapy compared with concurrent chemoradiotherapy with surgery in locally advanced resectable esophageal cancer].

Background/aims: This study was designed to compare the survival rates between patients with localized esophageal cancer who were treated with concurrent chemoradiation therapy without surgery and patients who were treated with concurrent chemoradiation therapy including surgery.

Methods: Eighty-eight patients from January 1997 to December 2005 with locally advanced resectable esophageal cancer were selected and retrospectively analyzed. Survival period was defined as the time to death from the date of diagnosis or mid-monitor period of December 2005.