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
Abstract Background Patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) with lymph node metastasis may be misclassified as pN0 due to an insufficient number of lymph nodes examined (LNE). The purpose of this study was to confirm that patients with ESCC are indeed pN0 and to propose an adequate n...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-12-01
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Series: | Thoracic Cancer |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.14670 |