In the published article, there was an error in Figure 3 and Figure 4 as published. The trend line visualization in the original Figure 3 was incomplete. The hierarchical annotation in the original Figure 4 erroneously uses the symbol “=” instead of “≥” for stratification labels. The corrected Figure 3 and Figure 4 and its caption
Figure 3
Figure 4
“Figure 3 Forest plot of subgroup analysis comparing the overall survival HR in patients who received PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-based therapy versus chemotherapy based on different PDL1 expression levels of CPS (A) and TPS (B).”
“Figure 4 Forest plot of subgroup analysis comparing the progression-free survival HR in patients who received PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-based therapy versus chemotherapy based on different PDL1 expression levels of CPS (A) and TPS (B).” appear below.
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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Keywords
PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, meta-analysis, immunotherapy, combined positive score
Citation
Ren W, Zhang H, Li Y, Sun W, Peng H, Guo H, Hou T, Wang M, Hu Z, Wu T and Liu B (2025) Corrigendum: Efficacy and safety of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors as first-line treatment for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front. Immunol. 16:1611591. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1611591
Received
14 April 2025
Accepted
06 May 2025
Published
16 May 2025
Volume
16 - 2025
Edited and reviewed by
Valentina De Falco, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
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© 2025 Ren, Zhang, Li, Sun, Peng, Guo, Hou, Wang, Hu, Wu and Liu.
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*Correspondence: Baorui Liu, baoruiliu@nju.edu.cn; Tao Wu, twu@bjmu.edu.cn; Zhendong Hu, hu_zhendong@aliyun.com
†These authors share first authorship
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