Prognostic Value of Different Lymph Node Staging Methods in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Esophagectomy》.pdf

Prognostic Value of Different Lymph Node Staging Methods in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Esophagectomy San-Gang Wu, MD,* Feng-Yan Li, MD,* Juan Zhou, MD, Qin Lin, MD, Jia-Yuan Sun, MD, Huan-Xin Lin, MD, Xun-Xing Guan, MD, and Zhen-Yu He, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, Xiamen Cancer Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen; Sun Yat-sen C University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Collaborative I Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xiamen Cancer Center, the First C A Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China R O H T L A Background. This study aimed to investigate the Cox analysis indicated that the number of involved R prognostic value of number of involved lymph nodes, lymph nodes and number of negative lymph nodes were E N number of removed lymph nodes, ratio of involved to independent prognostic factors for OS, and a higher E G removed nodes (lymph node ratio), and number of number of negative lymph nodes was associated with negative lymph nodes in esophageal squamous cell car- lower mortality. The number of removed lymph nodes cinoma (ESCC) patients after esophagectomy. and lymph node ratio had no significant effect on OS. Methods. A retrospective review of 603 patients receiving The number of negative lymph nodes had prognostic esophagectomy for ESCC was made. Cox regression anal- value in different lymph node stages and in two-field or ysis was performed