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ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2022

Thoracic para-aortic lymph node recurrence in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A propensity score-matching analysis.

Xu-Yuan Li, Li-Sheng Huang, Shu-Han Yu, Dan Xie

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Xu-Yuan LiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China. lxuyuan@qq.com.
Li-Sheng HuangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.
Shu-Han YuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.
Dan XieDepartment of Radiology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.

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backgroundThoracic para-aortic lymph node (TPLN) recurrence in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is rare and its impact on survival is unknown. We studied survival in patients with ESCC who developed TPLN recurrence.

aimTo study the survival in patients with ESCC who developed TPLNs recurrence.

methodsData were collected retrospectively for 219 patients who had undergone curative surgery for ESCC during January 2012 to November 2017 and who developed recurrences (36.29% of 604 patients who had undergone curative surgeries for ESCC). The patients were classified into positive (+) and negative (-) TPLN metastasis subgroups. We also investigated TPLN recurrence in 223 patients with ESCC following definitive chemoradiotherapy during 2012-2013. Following propensity score matching (PSM) and survival estimation, factors predictive of overall survival (OS) were explored using a Cox proportional hazards model.

resultsAmong the patients with confirmed recurrence, 18 were TPLN (+) and 13 developed synchronous distant metastases. Before PSM, TPLN (+) was associated with worse recurrence-free (

conclusionTPLN metastasis is rare but may be associated with poor survival.

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Esophageal cancerMetastasisOverall survivalSurgeryThoracic para-aortic lymph node

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PMCPMC9851007

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