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Debates and Updates in Treating Esophageal and GEJ Cancers

10/23/2020

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David Ilson, MD, PhD, discusses immunotherapy trial data as well as treatment debates in the esophageal and GEJ cancer space, at the virtual 2020 Great Debates and Updates in GI Malignancies meeting.

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