Seven patients with locally far-advanced, inoperable, squamous cell cancer of the esophagus were given two cycles of concurrent radiation and chemotherapy. Each cycle consisted of 5-fluorouracil 1,000 mg/m2/day given as a continuous intravenous infusion over 96 hours, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 given as an intravenous bolus on day 1, and methotrexate 40 mg/m2 given as an intravenous bolus on days 8 and 15. Three thousand rads of radiation were given in 15 fractions between days 1 and 19. Six patients are evaluable for response. Symptomatic relief was obtained by all six and was complete in 4. Five patients achieved a complete response, and two remain alive and disease free. Five of the six evaluable patients survived for at least 12 months. Aggressive chemoradiotherapy may result in significant survival prolongation and symptomatic palliation in this poor-prognosis subset of patients with esophageal cancer.
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