Conclusion: For patients with ESCC receiving RSRT, PD-L1 expression of TCs is an independent unfavorable prognostic factor, which also indicates higher risk of local-regional recurrence. Further anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy for this subgroup of patients may be helpful and needs to be studied.
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