Real-World Data About Treatment Pattern and Outcomes of Patients With Unresectable Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in France: Results From the Fregat Database
Résumé
Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer and sixth leading cause of cancer death, worldwide, with approximately 600,000 new cases and over 540,000 deaths in 2020. Squamous-cell carcinoma accounts for approximately 60% of cases in Europe. The study aim was to describe real-world treatment and outcomes of French patients presenting with UnResectable Advanced, or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous-Cell Carcinoma (URAM-ESCC) from 2014 to 2019 before approval of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI).