Acute and Delayed Effects of Radiotherapy in Patients with oesophageal Squamous cell Carcinoma Treated with Chemotherapy, Surgery and Pre- and Postoperative Radiotherapy

Chemoradiotheraphy of Esophageal Cancer

“…There is also less risk of accelerated repopulation of tumor cells during treatment, which is an important cause of local failure in cancer of the head and neck (49) and cervix (50). Even if the acute esophageal toxicity is greater with the concurrent treatment, late toxicity seems to remain the same (51,11). The swallowing function is often well restituted for responding patients and for those with remaining tumors surgical salvage is still possible.…”

“…The differential effects on tumor and normal tissues from the esophagus of combined radiation-chemotherapy in man and animals have been reported elsewhere (7)(8)(9)(10)(11).…”

Experiences with the use of oxaliplatin in esophageal carcinoma

“…In fact, considerable toxicity (e.g. nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity, and cardiac toxicity) has been reported with cisplatin [6]. During treatment, renal function and diuresis need to be carefully monitored, and rehydration, forced diuresis, and mannitol treatment may be indicated.…”

Constrictive Pericarditis 5 Months after Radiation Therapy in a 62-Year-Old Woman with Esophageal Cancer

“…5,9,10 Ten articles were excluded for not meeting our definition of early CP, [6][7][8][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and 4 others because of insufficient data. [20][21][22][23] Demographic Data and Clinical Presentations. The 5 patients ranged in age from 16 to 62 years; 3 were female.…”