Risk Factors for Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastasis in Esophagogastric Junction Cancer: Results from a Prospective Nationwide Multicenter Study.
Masaaki MotooriYukinori KurokawaHiroya TakeuchiTakeshi SanoMasanori TerashimaSeiji ItoShuhei KomatsuYoshinori HosoyaMotohiro HiraoKeishi YamashitaYuko KitagawaYuichiro DokiPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2022)
Clinical N2-3 and histologic positivity of station nos. 2 and 7 were independent risk factors for no. 16a2lat metastasis. These findings could potentially assist in determining the indication for no. 16a2lat dissection for patients with EGJ cancer.