Should the Supraclavicular Lymph Nodes be Considered Regional Lymph Nodes in Cervical Esophageal Cancer?
Yoshihisa NumataTetsuya AbeEiji HigakiTakahiro HosoiHironori FujiedaTakuya NagaoNobuhiro HanaiHidenori SuzukiDaisuke NishikawaKeitaro MatsuoTsutomu FujiiYasuhiro ShimizuPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2021)
The prognosis of the CEC patients with metastatic SCLNs was dismal. Although the cervical esophagus is located adjacent to the SCLNs, the SCLNs may be considered extra-regional lymph nodes in patients with CEC.