Erschienen in:
08.09.2020 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Lymph Node Metastasis of Esophageal Cancer After Trimodal Therapy
verfasst von:
Yoichi Hamai, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 3/2021
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Excerpt
The frequency of lymph node metastasis (LNM) is high in the early stages of esophageal cancer. Thus, pathological LNM is prevalent in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer, even after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) followed by surgery. Pathological LNM is closely associated with prognosis after trimodal therapy.
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4 Although NCRT would arguably affect metastatic tumors in LNs, the distribution of LNM of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) after trimodal therapy has never been absolutely determined. …