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ReviewIn vivo (Athens, Greece)

Prognostic Factors for Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery.

Nao Kitasaki, Yoichi Hamai, Manabu Emi, Tomoaki Kurokawa, Toru Yoshikawa, Ryosuke Hirohata, Manato Ohsawa, Morihito Okada

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Review in In vivo (Athens, Greece). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Prognostic Impact of Serum SCC Antigen in the 566 Upfront Surgery Group of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Multi-Institutional Study of the Japan Esophageal Society.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nao KitasakiDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Yoichi HamaiDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan yyhamai@hotmail.com.
Manabu EmiDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tomoaki KurokawaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Toru YoshikawaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Ryosuke HirohataDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Manato OhsawaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Morihito OkadaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshima University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimNeoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) followed by surgery is a standard treatment for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. This study aimed to identify patients who might be eligible for postoperative adjuvant therapy. PATIENTS AND

methodsWe reviewed the surgical outcomes of 84 patients who received NAC followed by esophagectomy to treat esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and revealed prognostic factors associated with locally advanced ESCC.

resultsUnivariate and multivariate analyses revealed the pretreatment level of squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen [SCC-A; hazard ratio (HR)=1.50, p=0.01], ypT ≥3 (HR=2.51; p=0.04), ypN ≥1 (HR=5.87; p=0.01), ypM1 (HR=2.38; p=0.049), and lymphovascular invasion (HR=3.12, p=0.049) as significant independent covariates for recurrence-free survival (RFS). The 5-year RFS rates for patients with 0-1, 2-3, or 4-5 of these indicators of poor prognosis were 97.1%, 51.2%, and 6.7% (p≤0.001 for all). Recurrence rates among these groups also significantly differed at 2.9%, 50.0%, and 93.3% (p<0.0001).

conclusionPretreatment SCC-A, ypT, ypN, ypM, and lymphovascular invasion were significantly associated with RFS in patients with ESCC who received NAC followed by surgery. The status of these prognostic factors in ESCC might indicate a need for postoperative adjuvant therapy after NAC followed by surgery.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Squamous CellEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaChemotherapy, AdjuvantHumansNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm StagingPrognosisRetrospective StudiesCanceresophagusmetastasisrecurrencesurgerysurvival

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PMID36309376
PMCPMC9677752
OpenAlexW4307847672

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