Nomograms for predicting risk of locoregional recurrence and distant metastases for esophageal cancer patients after radical esophagectomy

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to develop nomograms for predicting the risk of locoregional recurrence or distant metastasis in esophageal cancer patients who were treated with esophagectomy and regional lymphadenectomy. Methods The clinicopathologic data of 408 esophageal cancer pati...

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Main Authors: Wen-Yi Zhang, Xing-Xing Chen, Wen-Hao Chen, Hui Zhang, Chang-Lin Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4796-5