There are two main types of esophageal cancer: Squamous cell carcinoma. Squamous cells line the inner esophagus, and cancer developing from squamous cells can occur along the entire esophagus.

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Esophageal cancer remains one of the world's deadliest cancers, ranking 7th in incidence and 6th in cancer-related deaths ...

KEYMAKER-U06 substudy 06A trial in progress: A phase 1/2 study of investigational agents with pembrolizumab (pembro) plus chemotherapy (chemo) or lenvatinib in PD-1/L1 treatment-naïve advanced ...

Researchers are also investigating the PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor as treatment before surgical and radiation treatment.

Adjuvant nivolumab offered sustained survival benefits in resected esophageal/GEJ cancer post chemoradiation, with PD-L1 ...

The stages of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) range from 0 to 4. At stage 0, there are atypical cells that are not yet cancerous, which may or may not be visible. By stage 4, the cancer may be large ...