Risk factors of lymph node metastasis or lymphovascular invasion for superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A practical and effective predictive nomogram based on a cancer hospital data

BackgroundLymphovascular invasion (LVI) is mostly used as a preoperative predictor to establish lymph node metastasis (LNM) prediction models for superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SESCC). However, LVI still needs to be confirmed by postoperative pathology. In this study, we combined LN...

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Main Authors: Yali Tao, Shengsen Chen, Jiangping Yu, Qiwen Shen, Rongwei Ruan, Shi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1038097/full