Patterns and rates of abdominal lymphatic metastasis following esophageal carcinoma.
AIM:To determine the rate of abdominal lymph node metastasis after radical surgery for esophageal cancer and define the radiotherapy target area. METHODS:Of the 1593 patients who underwent R0 radical esophagectomy for thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (TE-SCC), 148 developed abdominal lymp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5634562?pdf=render |