Patterns and rates of abdominal lymphatic metastasis following esophageal carcinoma.

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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Main Authors: Junqiang Chen, Wenjie Cai, Yu Lin, Yuanmei Chen, Qingfeng Zheng, Jianji Pan, Chuanben Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5634562?pdf=render

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