Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift
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Wien Med Wochenschr · Jul 1988
Review[Adjuvant chemotherapy in cancers of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT)].
A critical review of adjuvant therapies of gastrointestinal tumors shows that this is a field of active clinical investigation. Unfortunately the results that have been achieved until now have not fulfilled the expectations. Neoadjuvant therapies of squamous cell carcinomas of the esophagus and the anus in many cases lead to pathologically documented complete remissions. ⋯ The results of adjuvant chemotherapy in rectal cancer after radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy are easier to judge. They show that some patients profit from adjuvant therapy. But the most efficient combinations and the role of newer modalities remain to be elucidated (Fig. 8 a-8c).