Thomas W Rice, Hemant Ishwaran, Wayne L Hofstetter, Paul H Schipper, Kenneth A Kesler, Simon Law, E M R Lerut, Chadrick E Denlinger, Jarmo A Salo, Walter J Scott, Thomas J Watson, Mark S Allen, Long-Qi Chen, Valerie W Rusch, Robert J Cerfolio, James D Luketich, Andre Duranceau, Gail E Darling, Manuel Pera, Carolyn Apperson-Hansen, Eugene H Blackstone
OBJECTIVES: To identify the associations of lymph node metastases (pN+), number of positive nodes, and pN subclassification with cancer, treatment, patient, geographic, and institutional variables, and to recommend extent of lymphadenectomy needed to accurately detect pN+ for esophageal cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Limited data and traditional analytic techniques have precluded identifying intricate associations of pN+ with other cancer, treatment, and patient characteristics...
January 7, 2016: Annals of Surgery