Authors  | 
        Journal  | 
        Year  | 
        Stage  | 
        Setting*  | 
        No.   | 
        Survival (%)
                3Y   5Y  | 
        MST **(M)  | 
       
      
        Bosset, 
          et al. [53]   | 
        N Engl J Med  | 
        1997  | 
        I–III  | 
        S
          CRT+S  | 
        139
          138  | 
        -
          -  | 
        -
          -  | 
        18.6
          18.6  | 
       
      
        Kelsen, 
          et al. [54]   | 
        N Engl J Med  | 
        1998  | 
        I–III  | 
        S
          CT+S  | 
        234
          233  | 
        26
          23  | 
        -
          -  | 
        16.1
          14.9  | 
       
      
        MRCOCWG* [55]   | 
        Lancet  | 
        2002  | 
        Resectable  | 
        S
          CT+S  | 
        437
          434  | 
        -
          -  | 
        -
          -  | 
        13.3
          16.8  | 
       
      
        Ando et al. [22]   | 
        J ClinOncol  | 
        2003  | 
        II–III
          Non T4  | 
        S
          S+CT  | 
        122
          120  | 
        -
          -  | 
        52
          61  | 
        -
          -  | 
       
      
        Burmeister, 
          et al. [56]   | 
        Lancet Oncol  | 
        2005  | 
        I–III
          Non T4  | 
        S
          CRT+S  | 
        128
          128  | 
        -
          -  | 
        -
          -  | 
        19.3
          22.2  | 
       
      
        Stahl, et al. [16]   | 
        J ClinOncol  | 
        2005  | 
        T3-4N0-1
          M0  | 
        CRT+S
          dCRT  | 
        86
          86  | 
        31.3
          24.4  | 
        -
          -  | 
        16.4
          14.9  | 
       
      
        Bedonne, 
          et al. [17]   | 
        J ClinOncol  | 
        2007  | 
        II-III CRT Responder  | 
        CRT+S
          dCRT  | 
        129
          130  | 
        -
          -  | 
        -
          -  | 
        17.7
          19.3  | 
       
      
        Kelsen
          et al.[57]   | 
        J ClinOncol  | 
        2007  | 
        I–III  | 
        S
          CT+S  | 
        234
          233  | 
        -
          -  | 
        -
          -  | 
        15.6
          15.6  | 
       
      
        Allum
          et al. [58]   | 
        J ClinOncol  | 
        2009  | 
        Resectable  | 
        S
          CT+S  | 
        402
          400  | 
        -
          -  | 
        17.1
          23.0  | 
        -
          -  | 
       
      
        Ando et al. [23]   | 
        Ann SurgOncol  | 
        2011  | 
        II–III  | 
        CT+S
          S+CT  | 
        164
          166  | 
        -
          -  | 
        55
          43  | 
        -
          -  | 
       
      
        Ozawa, 
          et al. [59]   | 
        Esophagus  | 
        2012  | 
        0
          I
          IIA
          IIB
          III
          IV  | 
        Registry  | 
        25
          363
          297
          319
          655
          41  | 
        91.3
          86.4
          62.0
          54.0
          34.2
          6.9  | 
        85.9
          79.1
          55.8
          41.8
          27.7
          -  | 
        -
          -
          -
          -
          -
          -  | 
       
     
    
      *S, surgery; CRT, chemoradiotherapy; CT, chemotherapy; dCRT, definitive chemoradiotherapy. **MST, median survival time. ***MRCOCWG, Medical Research Council
    Oesophageal Cancer Working Group |