Do you stage and treat GE junction tumors like gastric or esophageal cancer?
Does the advent of FLOT in gastric cancers, change your approach to GE adeno's? Would anyone consider FLOT followed by chemoradition followed by surgery?
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Radiation Oncology · Brigham and Women's Hospital
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The 7th edition of the AJCC staging manual states that GE junction tumors should be staged like esophageal cancer. The “POET†trial showed that for tumors of the distal esophagus, GE junction and cardia, neoadjuvant chemoradiation is superior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (Stahl et al. JCO 27:851-...
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