Neue Entwicklungen in der Immuntherapie des Ösophagus- und Magenkarzinoms

Die Immuncheckpoint-Inhibitoren etablieren sich als neuer Therapiestandard in der Behandlung von oberen gastrointestinalen Tumoren in jeder Therapielinie, und deren Implementierung in die aktuellen S3-Leitlinien wird erwartet. Dieser Artikel konzentriert sich auf die neuen Entwicklungen der Immuntherapie des Ösophagus- und Magenkarzinoms und diskutiert die aktuellen Zulassungen basierend auf den jeweiligen Studiendaten.

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