Impact of perineural invasion as a histopathological prognostic factor in ypStage II/III oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma† | Zendy

PoKuei Hsu | Zendy; Ling-I Chien | Zendy; ChihHung Lin | Zendy; YiChen Yeh | Zendy; Cheng-Yen Chuang | Zendy; HanShui Hsu | Zendy; Yu–Chung Wu | Zendy; Chung-Ping Hsu | Zendy

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Impact of perineural invasion as a histopathological prognostic factor in ypStage II/III oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma†

Author(s) -

PoKuei Hsu,

Ling-I Chien,

ChihHung Lin,

YiChen Yeh,

Cheng-Yen Chuang,

HanShui Hsu,

Yu–Chung Wu,

Chung-Ping Hsu

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezy380

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , perineural invasion , proportional hazards model , gastroenterology , stage (stratigraphy) , confidence interval , pathological , cancer , survival analysis , oncology , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , survival rate , paleontology , biology

The 8th edition American Joint Committee on Cancer Tumour-Nodes-Metastasis (TNM) staging system distinguishes between the clinical (c), pathological (p) and post-neoadjuvant pathological (yp) stage groups. However, the ability to discriminate between ypStage II and ypStage III is poor. We aim to identify prognostic factors in patients with ypStage II/III oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

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