Prognostic significance and role in TNM stage of tumor deposits in esophageal cancer | Zendy

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Prognostic significance and role in TNM stage of tumor deposits in esophageal cancer

Author(s) -

QiXin Shang,

YuShang Yang,

Li–Yan Xu,

EnMin Li,

Weipeng Hu,

Long-Qi Chen

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2017.10.60

Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , esophageal cancer , esophagectomy , gastroenterology , lymph node , clinical significance , tumor stage , oncology , cancer , paleontology , biology

Tumor deposits (TDs) are now observed in esophageal cancer (EC), but the role of TDs is seldom elucidated. This study aimed to research the prognostic significance and the role of TDs in EC. The patients with primary EC, who had undergone curative esophagectomy in West China Hospital from May 2005 to May 2011 were retrospectively enrolled.

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