Oesophageal cancer
Results
Phase 3
This trial compared 2 combinations of chemotherapy before surgery for cancer of the food pipe (oesophageal cancer).
It was for people with cancer of the oesophagus or cancer that starts where the food pipe meets the stomach (oesophageal gastric junction).
This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.
Recruitment start: 1 November 2004
Recruitment end: 31 October 2011
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Professor David Cunningham
Cancer Research UK
Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer
This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/02/010.
Last reviewed: 11 November 2015
CRUK internal database number: 209