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Influence of Metastatic Status and Number of Removed Lymph Nodes on Survival of Patients With Squamous Esophageal Carcinoma.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Esophageal Cancer: Many Routes to an Elusive Destination.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Impact of Dissected Lymph Node Count and Positive Lymph Node Ratio Following Esophagectomy on Long-Term Outcomes in Esophageal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2025Article
- Application of Indocyanine Green Enhanced Fluorescence in Esophageal Surgery: A Mini Review.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Review
- Combined CT texture analysis and nodal axial ratio for detection of nodal metastasis in esophageal cancer.The British journal of radiology · 2020Article
- Prognostic significance of the number of lymph nodes dissection in esophageal adenocarcinoma patients.Translational cancer research · 2020Article
- Integrated analysis of genomic and transcriptomic profiles identified a prognostic immunohistochemistry panel for esophageal squamous cell cancer.Cancer medicine · 2020Article
- Comparison of Ivor Lewis esophagectomy and Sweet esophagectomy for the treatment of middle-lower esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Journal of thoracic disease · 2019Article
- Chinese expert consensus on mediastinal lymph node dissection in esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (2017 edition).Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Review
- Identification of the Lymphatic Drainage Pattern of Esophageal Cancer with Near-Infrared Fluorescent Imaging.Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A · 2017Article
- Essential role of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger 1 in smoking-induced growth and migration of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Oncotarget · 2016Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the impact of lymph node (LN) metastasis conditions on the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous carcinoma and the minimum number of LNs that should be removed to maximize overall postoperative survival among patients with this specific pathologic subtype. In this study, 312 patients with thoracic squamous esophageal carcinoma who received in-patient thoracic surgery by the same surgeon in our hospital from August 1, 2003 to December 31, 2009 were recruited. Subsequently, Kaplan-Meier methods were used to determine associations between LN metastasis conditions and mortality and between the numbers of LNs removed during esophagectomy and mortality. Cox regression models were used to adjust for potential confounding covariates. According to Kaplan-Meier analyses, the number of metastatic LNs was a good predictor for the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous carcinoma and the dissection of ≥ 29 LNs during thoracic surgery significantly improved patient survival (P = 0.011).Lymph node metastasis rates may be a significant predictor for the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous carcinoma. The number of LNs removed during esophagectomy is an independent predictor for the survival of patients with esophageal squamous carcinoma with maximal postoperative survival after the removal of ≥ 29 LNs.
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