Results Of 16 Years Oesophageal Surgery: Low In-Hospital Mortality And Improved Long Term Survival

UICC-2002) in 5 / 11 / 7 / 2 pts.Fourteen had developed local recurrence after initially achieving CR after CRT, and the remaining 11 had had local residual tumors after the completion of CRT.Median total laser dose was 450 J (range, 225-675).Nineteen pts achieved CR (CR rate; 76%) with salvage PDT.Esophageal stenosis requiring balloon dilation and phototoxicity occurred in 6 and 8 pts, respectively.Esophageal perforation occurred in one pt (4%), who died with bleeding 31 days after PDT.With a median follow-up period of 21 months after PDT, the 1-and 2-year overall survival rates from the initiation of salvage PDT were 76.8% and 60.2%, respectively.Conclusion: PDT is an effective and tolerable salvage treatment for local failure after CRT in pts with ESCC.