Introduction
Esophageal carcinoma, toxicity, cancer, ESCC, Cancer
ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA, CANCER, CANCER
Esophageal carcinoma (EC) is the ninth most prevalent cancer and the sixth-highest cancer-related mortality in the world [In some preclinical studies, it has been improved that, as a kind of semi-synthetic taxane, docetaxel was a radiation sensitizer [This phase II prospective randomized study compared the efficacy and toxicity of DP and PF regimens with CCRT in ESCC patients. From October 2010 to March 2015, 86 patients from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC) participated in this study. The preliminary outcomes were published in 2017 after 24 months of follow-up (median 25.1 months) [