Female patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer that is treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy before surgery are more likely to have a favorable response to the treatment than male patients are, and women are less likely to experience cancer recurrence, according to a study published online in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Preliminary data from Arm A1 of the phase II EDGE-Gastric study showed promising overall response rate and six-month progression-free-survival results, irrespective of PD-L1 expression.
