Systemic therapy for esophageal cancer: chemotherapy

As one-half of patients with esophagogastric cancer (EGC) present with metastatic disease and the majority of patients with locally advanced disease will eventually develop metastatic disease despite multimodality therapy, most patients will receive palliative chemotherapy at some point. The reference first-line regimen consists of a fluoropyrimidine/platinum combination, which is the standard in East Asia, where this disease is endemic. Options...