Table 3.

Contents and results of radiotherapy (with or without chemotherapy) for postoperative recurrent esophageal cancer. in previous studies. The numbers in parenthesis are a numbers of patients.

author	year	No.	regimen	response rate	median survival time	1-year survuval rate
JL Raoul [13]	1995	24	radiotherapy + chemotherapy	65%	-	47.1%
H Yamanaka [25]	1998	17	radiotherapy + CDGP§ + 5-FU#	76.50%	-	-
K Nemoto [15]	2001	33	radiotherapy alone(21) or radiotherapy + CDDP* + 5-FU (12)	-	7 months	33%
Y Nishimura [12]	2003	13	radiotherapy + CDDP + 5-FU	72%	9.5 months	28%
H Shimada [14]	2003	76	chemoradiotheray(47), chemotherapy alone(17), radiotherapy alone(12)	34%	8 months	31%
K Nemoto [16]	2003	7	radiotherapy + CDGP + 5-FU	100%	-	69%

* CDDP: cisplatin, § CDGP: nedaplatin, # 5-FU: 5-fluorouracil