
Harry H. Yoon, MD, MHS, discusses tislelizumab and platinum-containing chemotherapy in unresectable or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1 at a level of 1 or higher.

Harry H. Yoon, MD, MHS, discusses tislelizumab and platinum-containing chemotherapy in unresectable or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1 at a level of 1 or higher.

Ken Kato, MD, PhD, and Harry H. Yoon, MD, MHS, discussed the recent FDA approval of tislelizumab in the first line for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Determination of HER2 status has become an important part of the workup of patients with advanced esophagogastric cancer, given recent data from a phase III trial (ToGA) indicating that trastuzumab, an anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, prolongs survival in these patients.

Published: October 24th 2013 | Updated: