Dr Eads on Nivolumab Plus Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Esophageal/GEJ Cancer

Jennifer R. Eads, MD, physician lead, GI Cancer Research, director, National Clinical Trials Network, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, associate professor, clinical medicine (hematology-oncology), Penn Medicine, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, discusses the neoadjuvant pathologic complete response (pCR) rate results from the phase 2/3 ECOG-ACRIN EA2174 trial (NCT03604991) investigating the addition of nivolumab (Opdivo) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation in patients with locoregional esophageal and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma.