Traitement du cancer de l'œsophage

Abstract

Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the three major arms of the treatment of the oesophagus cancer, and combined modality therapy is required to treat advanced-stage disease. Exclusive chemoradiotherapy is a feasible option for locoregionally advanced-stage disease in responder patients. Elective surgery as a palliative procedure should not be regarded as a standard option in patients with metastatic or non-resectable oesophageal cancer. Surgery appears more and more as an adjuvant therapy in the curative treatment of oesophageal cancer, especially for advanced tumours.