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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2015; 21(28): 8644-8652
Published online Jul 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i28.8644
Published online Jul 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i28.8644
Factors | Surgical approach | Resected lymph nodes (n) | ||
Left transthoracic | Ivor-Lewis/tri-incisional | ≤14 | ≥15 | |
In patients with N0 status (n = 727) | ||||
No. at risk | 445 | 282 | 391 | 336 |
No. of events | 204 | 106 | 215 | 95 |
aHR (95%CI) | 1 | 0.632 (0.499-0.801) | 1 | 0.478 (0.375-0.609) |
P value1 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
In patients with N1 status (n = 419) | ||||
No. at risk | 254 | 165 | 219 | 200 |
No. of events | 183 | 97 | 174 | 106 |
aHR (95%CI) | 1 | 0.661 (0.516-0.847) | 1 | 0.464 (0.364-0.592) |
P value1 | 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
In patients with N2-3 status (n = 344) | ||||
No. at risk | 218 | 126 | 154 | 190 |
No. of events | 170 | 99 | 127 | 142 |
uHR (95%CI) | 1 | 0.826 (0.644-1.058) | 1 | 0.849 (0.668-1.078) |
P value2 | 0.130 | 0.179 |
- Citation: Zheng YZ, Zhao W, Hu Y, Ding-Lin XX, Wen J, Yang H, Liu QW, Luo KJ, Huang QY, Chen JY, Fu JH. Aggressive surgical resection does not improve survival in operable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with N2-3 status. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(28): 8644-8652
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i28/8644.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i28.8644