
    non-accrual
  
['esophageal cancer']
['chemotherapy']

        Inclusion Criteria:

          -  Patient must be at least 18 years at the time of consent.

          -  Pathologically confirmed esophageal adenocarcinoma or squamous cell. carcinoma of the
             thoracic esophagus or esophagogastric junction.

          -  Patient's preliminary cancer stage, according to the AJCC 7th edition staging, must be
             cT1b-T4, N0-N3.

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  Patients with cervical esophageal carcinoma.

          -  Prior radiotherapy with fields overlapping the current esophageal cancer.

          -  Patients with cT1a disease.

          -  Patients with evidence of tracheoesophageal fistula must undergo bronchoscopy to
             exclude fistula.

          -  Patients with distant metastatic disease.
      