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ArticleOncotarget2018

Hypertension predicts a poor prognosis in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Jie Liang, Guodong Li, Jun Xu, Tong Wang, Yanyan Jia, Qinghua Zhai, Lihua Qiao, Miao Chen, Yajing Guo, Shujun Zhang

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jie LiangDepartment of Medical Records and Statistics, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Guodong LiDepartment of Medical Records and Statistics, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Jun XuDepartment of General Surgery, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Tong WangDepartment of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Yanyan JiaDepartment of Medical Records and Follow-up, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Qinghua ZhaiDepartment of Medical Records and Statistics, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Lihua QiaoDepartment of Medical Records and Follow-up, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Miao ChenDepartment of Medical Records and Follow-up, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Yajing GuoDepartment of Medical Records and Follow-up, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Shujun ZhangDepartment of Medical Records and Follow-up, Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital · CNShanxi Medical University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundWe investigated the relationship between the preoperative hypertension and prognosis of esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) patients who had underwent esophagectomy.

resultsWe detected 52% patients with hypertension, including 317 patients with newly diagnosed hypertension and 194 patients with history of hypertension. Compared with patients of normal blood pressure, all patients with hypertension and newly diagnosed hypertension were observed to have worse overall and ESCC-specific survival outcome (

conclusionsHypertension was an independent risk factor and resulted in inferior prognosis for ESCC patients who had underwent esophagectomy.

methodsA total of 982 ESCC patients who had underwent esophagectomy from August 2010 to December 2015 were enrolled in our study with a follow up of 6 years. The Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test were respectively used to calculate and compare survival rate, and Cox proportional hazards regression model was applied to identify independent prognostic factors.

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ESCCesophagectomyhypertensionhypoxiaVEGF

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