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Brief Title: Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal or Esophagogastric Junction Cancer
Official Title: Cohort Study of Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal or Esophagogastric Junction Cancer
Study ID: NCT04821778
Brief Summary: Definitive chemoradiotherapy is the standard of care in unresectable esophageal or esophagogastric cancer. A multidisciplinary approach, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, is important for these patients. Morerover, molecular targeting agents does not show clear efficacy in EC up to now. Nowadays, the pace of development of cancer immunotherapies is accelerating. Clinical evidence of the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive immunotherapies herald the onset of a new era in cancer immunotherapy. There have also been recent developments to provide a promising frontier in extending the use of immunotherpay or targeting agents to radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to explore the optimal treatment modalities including PD-1/PD-L1 antibody or targeted drug for patients with unresectable esophageal or esophagogastric junction cancer.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Department 4th of Radiation Oncology, Anyang Cancer Hospital, Anyang, Henan, China
Department of Radiation oncology, Jiangsu Province Hospital/The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, , China
Hunan Cancer Hospital, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, , China
Department of Radiation oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital/Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research/The affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, , China