Successful conversion surgery following chemotherapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor in an older adult patient with stage IVB esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

Successful conversion surgery following chemotherapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor in an older adult patient with stage IVB esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

Abstract Background Chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy are common treatments for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with distant metastasis; however, the prognosis remains poor, and complete remission is difficult to achieve. Here, we report a case of an older adult patient with esophageal squamous...

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Main Authors: Tetsuro Kawazoe, Shuhei Ito, Kippei Ohgaki, Yoshihiko Fujinaka, Hiroki Funakoshi, Akihiko Otake, Huanlin Wang, Kazutoyo Morita, Fumiyoshi Fushimi, Yoichi Ikeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-03-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Conversion surgery
Immunotherapy
Older patients
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01634-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01634-7

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