ArticleCase reports in oncological medicine2026
Durable Marked Response of Unresectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Radiotherapy Alone Followed by Combination Immunotherapy.
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- Durable Marked Response of Unresectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Radiotherapy Alone Followed by Combination Immunotherapy.Case reports in oncological medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
We report the case of a 70-year-old man with unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who achieved durable marked response with combined immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy following radiotherapy (RT) alone. The patient presented with dysphagia and stridor due to a bulky esophageal tumor and cervical lymph node metastasis compressing the trachea. He was diagnosed with cT3N1M0 (Stage IIIB; 8th edition of the TNM classification) or cT4(101R-Trachea)N1M0 (Stage IVA; 12th edition of the Japanese classification). He underwent RT alone (total dose, 50 Gy), resulting in substantial tumor shrinkage and improvement in Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status from 4 (due to ventilator dependence) to 1. Following confirmation of programmed death-ligand 1 positivity (tumor proportion score ≧ 1%), treatment with nivolumab (anti
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