Of 49 eligible patients, 33 underwent surgery with pCR rate of 30.1%. For the whole cohort, the median overall survival (OS) was 22.2 months....And, higher FOXP3 expression before (HR 0.14 ,95%CI 0.02- 1.29, log rank ¼0.045) and after (HR 0.29 ,95%CI 0.08-1.08, log rank p¼0.050) CRT contributed to favorable outcomes...Concurrent nedaplatin plus paclitaxel with radiotherapy was a promising induction regimen. Higher FOXP3 expression...were associated with favorable efficacy of neoadjuvant CRT.