The clinical impact of supraclavicular lymph node metastasis in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma receiving curative concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

BACKGROUND:To evaluate the clinical significance of supraclavicular lymph node (SCLN) in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) receiving curative concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed all 369 locally advanced ESCC pa...

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Main Authors: Yen-Hao Chen, Hung-I Lu, Chien-Ming Lo, Yu-Ming Wang, Shang-Yu Chou, Cheng-Hua Huang, Li-Hsueh Shih, Su-Wei Chen, Shau-Hsuan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5995403?pdf=render