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Randomized Study on Dose Escalation in Definitive Chemoradiation for Patients With Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer (ARTDECO Study).

Maarten C C M HulshofElisabeth D GeijsenTom RozemaVera OppedijkJeroen BuijsenKaren J NeelisJoost J M E NuyttensMaurice J C van der SangenPaul M JeeneJannie G ReindersMark Ivo van Berge HenegouwenAdriana ThanoJeanin E van HooftHanneke W M van LaarhovenAte van der Gaast
Published in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2021)
In dCRT for esophageal cancer, radiation dose escalation up to 61.6 Gy to the primary tumor did not result in a significant increase in local control over 50.4 Gy. The absence of a dose effect was observed in both AC and SCC.
Keyphrases
  • locally advanced
  • rectal cancer
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • radiation therapy
  • phase ii study
  • open label
  • randomized controlled trial
  • clinical trial
  • lymph node
  • double blind
  • placebo controlled