Preoperative lymph node status on computed tomography influences the survival of pT1b, T2 and T3 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Kotaro SugawaraHiroharu YamashitaYukari UemuraKoichi YagiMasato NishidaSusumu AikouSachiyo NomuraYasuyuki Seto

Published in: Surgery today (2018)

A diagnostic criterion based solely on the short-axis diameters of lymph nodes depicted on CT was useful for stratifying the survival in ESCC patients.