Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38983355›Full record

ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2024

Optimal extent of lymphadenectomy improves prognosis and guides adjuvant chemotherapy in esophageal cancer: A propensity score-matched analysis.

Ji-Ming Tang, Shu-Jie Huang, Qi-Bin Chen, Han-Sheng Wu, Gui-Bin Qiao

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ji-Ming TangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Shu-Jie HuangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Qi-Bin ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Han-Sheng WuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.
Gui-Bin QiaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China. guibinqiao@126.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe optimal extent of lymphadenectomy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients remained debatable.

aimTo explore the ideal number of cleared lymph nodes in ESCC patients undergoing upfront surgery.

methodsIn this retrospective, propensity score-matched study, we included 1042 ESCC patients who underwent esophagectomy from November 2008 and October 2019. Patients who underwent neoadjuvant therapy were excluded. We collected patients' clinicopathological features and information regarding lymph nodes, including the total number of resected lymph nodes (NRLN), and pathologically diagnosed positive lymph nodes (RPLN). SPSS and R software were used for statistical analysis.

resultsAmong the included 1042 patients, two cohorts: ≤ 21 (

conclusionNRLN > 21 was an independent prognostic factor after ESCC surgery. The combination of NRLN and RPLN may provide a reference for adjuvant chemotherapy use in potential beneficiaries.

Indexed as

Adjuvant chemotherapyEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaLymphadenectomyNomogramPrognosis

Identifiers

PMID38983355
PMCPMC11230019

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.