Abstract：Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in China. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy combined with surgery significantly improved the survival rate of locally advanced operable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, but approximately half of the patients had poor or no efficacy. To accurately predict the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and select the dominant population of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, many studies on biomarkers have emerged, which have promoted the progress of neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to some extent. In this article, the studies on biomarkers predicting the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were reviewed.
Zheng Xiaoli,Jiao Ruidi,Yang Yang et al. Research progress on biomarkers related to the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2022, 31(10): 949-954.
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