Surgery of esophagogastric cancer: standards and challenges

The role of panitumumab in combination with ECX in perioperative chemotherapy of unselected patients with locally advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas: Randomized phase II study of the German Cancer Society.

4040 Background: Perioperative chemotherapy (pCT) significantly improved survival of patients (pts) with locally advanced esophagogastric adenocarcinoma (la EGC). However, ~60% of pts will later di...