Development and validation of nodal staging score in pN0 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A population study from the SEER database and a single-institution cohort.

Haitong WangYueyang YangKai ZhuNingning ZhuLei Gong Hongdian ZhangMingquan MaPeng RenYufeng QiaoXiangming LiuPeng Tang Zhentao Yu

Published in: Thoracic cancer (2022)

NSS could determine the probability of true pN0 status for patients, and it was sufficient in predicting survival and obtaining adequate numbers for lymphadenectomy.

Keyphrases

lymph node
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
early stage
peritoneal dialysis
emergency department
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
radiation therapy
lymph node metastasis
adverse drug
robot assisted
free survival
patient reported