Open AccessPrognostic significance of preoperative lymph node assessment for patients with stage pN0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after esophagectomy
Author(s) -
Yan Shi,
Jianmin Xu,
Ying Wang,
Jie Tang,
Chong Zhang,
Wang Lv,
Jian Hu
Publication year - 2019
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.2019.02.25
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , stage (stratigraphy) , dissection (medical) , lymph , metastasis , t stage , pathological , lymph node , esophageal squamous cell carcinoma , radiology , pathological staging , proportional hazards model , carcinoma , esophageal cancer , oncology , overall survival , cancer , pathology , paleontology , biology
Accurate preoperative lymph node (LN) staging is important for surgical treatments of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The aim of the study was to investigate the role of preoperative lymph nodes assessment by computed tomography (CT) scans in prognostic estimates and lymph nodes dissection strategy.