Multimodality approach for locally advanced esophageal cancer

Table 1 Randomized trials of preoperative radiotherapy vs surgery alone

Ref.	Number of patients	Median survival (mo)		5-yr survival1 (%)
		+RT	-RT	+RT	-RT
Launois et al[11]	124	4.5	8.2	10	12
Gignoux et al[12]	229	12.3	12	10	9
Wang et al[13]	206	-	-	35	30
Nygaard et al[14]	108	10	7	-	-
Arnott et al[15]	196	8	8	9	17
Fok et al[3]	79	11	22	10	16

¹Not statistically significant. RT: Radiotherapy.