Discordant nodal staging identifies intermediate-risk group for overall survival in patients with cT3 oesophageal adenocarcinoma.

• Clinicians are commonly faced with results of discordant nodal staging in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. • There is a significant difference in overall survival between patients with negative, discordant, and positive lymph node staging. • Patients with discordant lymph node staging between imaging modalities represent an intermediate-risk group for overall survival.