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Ian Chau, MD, on Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: New Data on Nivolumab, Ipilimumab, and Chemotherapy

2024 ASCO GI Cancers Symposium

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Ian Chau, MD, of The Royal Marsden Hospital, discusses an analysis from the CheckMate 648 study on quality-adjusted time without symptoms and toxicity in patients with unresectable advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Patients treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab and nivolumab plus chemotherapy compared with chemotherapy alone experienced longer quality-adjusted survival (Abstract 251).



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