Open AccessTumor length in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Is it a prognostic factor?
Author(s) -
Jifeng Feng,
Ying Huang,
Qiang Zhao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.3109/03009734.2013.792887
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , esophageal squamous cell carcinoma , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , esophageal cancer , survival analysis , basal cell , oncology , carcinoma , survival rate , cancer , gastroenterology
Several researchers have determined the tumor length to be an important prognostic indictor of esophageal cancer (EC). However, controversy exists concerning the optimal cut-off points for tumor length to predict overall survival. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of tumor length and propose the optimum cut-off point for tumor length in predicting survival difference in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).