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Table 1 Efficacy of PTX-based chemotherapy for advanced esophageal cancer

From: A randomized phase 3 trial comparing paclitaxel plus 5-fluorouracil versus cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil in Chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal carcinoma—the ESO-shanghai 1 trial protocol

Authors

Cases (SC/AC/other)

Chemotherapy

Efficacy

Total

SC

AC

van der Gaast, et al. [20]

31(NA/NA)

PTX 100–160 mg/m2 iv3h, d1; DDP 60 mg/m2, d1, q2w

55%

53%

60%

Kelsen, et al. [21]

37(27/10)

PTX 200 mg/m2, civ24h, d1; DDP 75 mg/m2, d1, q3w

49%

60%

44%

Polee, et al. [22]

51(16/31/4)

PTX 180 mg/m2, iv3h, d1; DDP 60 mg/m2, d1, q2w

43%

39%

44%

Huang, et al. [23]

30(30/0)

PTX 175 mg/m2, iv3h, d1; DDP 40 mg/ m2, d2, 3, q3w

59%

59%

Ilson, et al. [24]

61(31/30)

PTX 175 mg/m2 iv3h, d1; DDP 20 mg/m2 5d; 5-FU 1 g/m2/d, 5d; q3w

48%

50% (CR 20%)

46%(CR 3%)

Lin, et al. [25]

41(41/0)

PTX 35 mg/m2, d1, 4, 8, 11, DDP 20 mg/m2, d2, 5, 9, 12; 5-FU 2 g/m2, q3w

39%

39%

  1. Abbreviations: SC squamous cell carcinoma, AC adenocarcinoma, PTX paclitaxel, 5-FU 5-fluorouracil, DDP cisplatin, CR complete response