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- Title
Lymph node metastasis density and growth pattern as independent prognostic factors in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
- Authors
Ooki, Akira; Yamashita, Keishi; Kobayashi, Nobuyuki; Katada, Natsuya; Sakuramoto, Shinichi; Kikuchi, Shiroh; Watanabe, Masahiko
- Abstract
Esophageal cancer is one of the leading types of cancer, and it is a particularly deadly form of malignancy. TNM classification is the most common staging system, but it has been reported that prognosis is not reflected adequately by this classification. The purpose of this study was to clarify independent prognostic factors in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), a dominant type of esophageal cancer in Japan, to broaden the staging system to improve its predictive value. Thus staging could be expanded to make the prognosis a valuable clinical tool, and to improve knowledge of the biological traits of advanced ESCC.
- Publication
World journal of surgery, 2007, Vol 31, Issue 11, p2184
- ISSN
0364-2313
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00268-007-9198-9