Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Definitive radiotherapy versus surgery after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a propensity score-matched study of efficacy and safetyQiuying An · Yage Jia · Menglu Liu · Liyuan Fu · Jingxin Bai · Zihan Zhang · Jin Yan · Yajing Wang · Hongshan Ji · Yuhao Su · Ping Zhang · Zhiguo ZhouFrontiers in Oncologydoi 10.3389/fonc.2026.1885302