Significance of Tumor Length as Prognostic Factor for Esophageal Cancer

Autor: Levent Dertsiz, Abid Demircan, Alpay Sarper, Makbule Ergin, Kemal Hakan Gülkesen, Abdullah Erdoğan, Arife Zeybek
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Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: International Surgery. 98:234-240
ISSN: 2520-2456
0020-8868
DOI: 10.9738/intsurg-d-13-00075.1
Popis: Zeybek, Arife/0000-0003-3656-9947; Gulkesen, Kemal Hakan/0000-0002-2477-2481; ergin, makbule/0000-0002-4373-0009; Gulkesen, Kemal Hakan/0000-0002-2477-2481; Zeybek, Arife/0000-0003-3656-9947 WOS: 000325750000010 PubMed ID: 23971777 Our study indicated the relationship between tumor length and clinicopathologic characteristics as well as long-term survival in esophageal cancer. A total of 116 patients who underwent curative surgery for thoracic esophageal cancer with standard lymphadenectomy in 2 fields between 2000 and 2010 were included in the study. The medical records of these patients were retrospectively reviewed. The patients with tumor length >= 3 cm had a highly significant difference in the involvement of adventitia and lymph node stations. The patients with tumor length
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