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Thomas W. Shields, MD; Steven T. Rosen, MD; Shlomo M. Hellerstein, MD; Tat-kin Tsang, MD; Gerald T. Ujiki, MD; Merrill S. Kies, MD

Arch Surg. 1984;119(5):558-562.

Abstract
• We conducted a combined treatment pilot project in 17 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus. Thirteen of the patients initially had stage I or II disease, and four had stage III disease. Each patient received three cycles of chemotherapy consisting of a high dose of cisplatin (100 mg/sq m), followed by continuous infusion of fluorouracil (1,000 mg/sq m/day for five days). Thirteen patients had a favorable response to the chemotherapy, and ten of the 11 responding patients with stage I or II disease were offered surgical resection. Total thoracic esophagectomies and cervical gastroesophagostomies were done in the six patients who accepted the surgical recommendation. Pathologically, five patients had stage I disease, and one had stage III disease (even in this patient the local tumor was confined within the wall of the esophagus). All six patients were alive, without evidence of disease, four to 34 months after diagnosis. Two patients with stage II disease had tumor progression, as did two of the four patients with stage III disease. Three of the nonresponding patients died of their disease two to seven months after diagnosis. The eight remaining patients, three of whom received irradiation after chemotherapy, were alive, but with evidence of persistent disease, one to seven months after entrance into the study.

(Arch Surg 1984;119:558-562)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Surgery (Drs Shields and Ujiki) and Medicine (Drs Rosen, Hellerstein, Tsang, and Kies), Northwestern University Medical School; and the Departments of Surgery (Drs Shields and Ujiki) and Medicine (Drs Rosen, Tsang, and Kies), Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Center, Chicago.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 27, 1983.

Read before the 91st annual meeting of the Western Surgical Association, Monterey, Calif, Nov 15, 1983.

Reprint requests to 333 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611 (Dr Shields).

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