{"title":"Adjuvant Therapy for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.","authors":"Jong-Mu Sun","doi":"10.5090/kjtcs.2020.53.4.168","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adjuvant therapy for completely resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is less commonly applied in clinical practice than neoadjuvant therapy, but it plays a substantial role in improving survival for esophageal cancer patients. This article presents a concise review of the evidence regarding adjuvant therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and future directions, particularly immunotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":38678,"journal":{"name":"Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"53 4","pages":"168-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/16/6d/KJTCV-53-168.PMC7409891.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2020.53.4.168","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Adjuvant therapy for completely resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is less commonly applied in clinical practice than neoadjuvant therapy, but it plays a substantial role in improving survival for esophageal cancer patients. This article presents a concise review of the evidence regarding adjuvant therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and future directions, particularly immunotherapy.