
A Clinical Nomogram for Predicting Node-positive Disease in Esophageal Cancer
Author(s) -
Tara R. Semenkovich,
Yan Yan,
Melanie Subramanian,
Bryan F. Meyers,
Benjamin D. Kozower,
Ruben G. Nava,
G. Alexander Patterson,
Daniel Kreisel,
Varun Puri
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000003450
Subject(s) - medicine , nomogram , lymphovascular invasion , lymph node , esophageal cancer , esophagectomy , t stage , neoadjuvant therapy , oncology , stage (stratigraphy) , odds ratio , proportional hazards model , radiology , cancer , breast cancer , metastasis , biology , paleontology
We developed and validated a nomogram predicting the likelihood of occult lymph node metastases in surgically resectable esophageal cancers.