Pengqiang Gao

Patterns of survival and recurrence in non-pathological complete response to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a real-world single-center study

Neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (NICT) is a strategy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), yet responses vary. Survival and recurrence patterns in non-pathological complete response (non-pCR) patients remain incompletely defined. This single-center retros...

Prognostic impact of supraclavicular lymph node metastasis in thoracic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a large retrospective study

The definitions of regional nodes differ between the 12th edition of the JES and the UICC staging systems, and the most prominent difference is in the status of the supraclavicular lymph nodes (SCLN). This study was designed to investigate the prognostic impact of metastasis to S...