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Table 5 Randomized controlled trials of adjuvant chemotherapy versus surgery alone for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

From: Neoadjuvant versus adjuvant treatment: which one is better for resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma?

Study

Histology

SCC (%)

Treatment

n

MS (months)

5-year OS (%)

P value

Pouliquen and colleagues [46]

SCC

100

CF

52

13

 

NS

   

Surgery

68

14

  

Ando and colleagues [47]

SCC

100

CV

100

 

45

NS

   

Surgery

105

 

48

 

Ando and colleagues [25]

SCC

100

CF

120

 

61

NS

   

Surgery

122

 

52

 
  1. CF cisplatin + fluorouracil, CV cisplatin + vindesine, MS median survival, NS not significant, OS overall survival, SCC squamous cell carcinoma.