Background
esophageal cancer, death, tumor, cancer, deaths, small-cell lung cancer
CANCER, TUMOR, OESOPHAGEAL CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER
A total of 604,000 new cases of esophageal cancer and 544,000 deaths from this cause were reported globally in 2020, placing esophageal cancer 7th in incidence and 6th in mortality among all cancer types [Surgery-based combination therapy is currently the primary treatment for nonmetastatic ESCC. Neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy is an essential part of preoperative treatment that can greatly improve R0 resection and survival rates [Recently, programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitors have been shown to exert antitumor effects in various tumor types [Socazolimab, a novel humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody against PD-L1, has been tested in several clinical trials, including trials in small-cell lung cancer and cervical cancer, with promising results [