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. 2002 Jan 21;86(2):190–195. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600044

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Summary of the treatment and outcome of 52 patients. Abbreviations: N: patient number, D; dead, A; alive, CCRT: concurrent chemoradiotherapy, CT: chemotherapy. #In 12 inoperable patients, three had metastasis after three cycles of neoadjuvant treatment, nine had only locoregional tumours, but the tumours did not meet criteria for operation. These nine patients all received concurrent chemoradiotherapy. @In 13 patients who had incomplete resection, two had metastasis and 11 had unresectable locoregional tumour found during operation.