Prognostic significance of PET/CT and its association with immuno-genomic profiling in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with immunotherapy plus chemoradiotherapy: results from a phase II study.

and TLG might predict poorer treatment response and worse survival in patients with ESCC undergoing immunotherapy combined with CRT. In addition, high PET/CT metabolic parameters, particularly TLG, were correlated with an immunosuppressive TME, which warrants further exploration.