Table 1.
Relevant characteristics of current available neoadjuvant and perioperative therapies for esophagogastric junction tumors
| Study | Year | Number of patients | Included patients | Groups | EGJ tumors | Outcomes |
| MAGIC | 2006 | 503 | Gastric, lower esophagus, and EGJ tumors | ECF + Surgery vs Surgery alone | 11% | Perioperative chemotherapy improves overall survival |
| ACCORD | 2011 | 224 | Gastric, lower esophagus and EGJ tumors | CF + Surgery vs Surgery alone | 64% | Perioperative chemotherapy improves overall survival, disease-free survival and resecability |
| CROSS | 2012 | 366 | Esophageal and EGJ tumors | Chemoradiation + Surgery vs Surgery alone | 22% | Chemoradiotherapy improves overall survival |
| FLOT | 2019 | 716 | Gastric and EGJ tumors | FLOT vs ECF | 56% | FLOT improves overall survival |
EGJ: Esophagogastric junction; MAGIC: the British Medical Research Council Adjuvant Gastric Infusional Chemotherapy; ECF: Epirubicin, cisplatin, and fluorouracil; CROSS: ChemoRadiotherapy for Oesophageal cancer followed by Surgery Study.