CROSS
Regimen
- Experimental
- neoadjuvant carboplatin + paclitaxel + 41.4 Gy RT + surgery
- Control
- surgery alone
Population
Resectable esophageal or esophagogastric junction cancer (75% adenocarcinoma, 23% SCC)
Key finding
Median OS 49.4 vs 24.0 mo (HR 0.657, 95% CI 0.495-0.871, P=0.003); R0 92% vs 69%; pCR 29%. In-hospital mortality 4% both arms.
Source: PMID 22646630
Timeline
Guideline citations
- NCCN ESOPHAGEAL (p.38)