title: Significance of tumor length as prognostic factor for esophageal cancer.
abstract: 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 3 cm had significantly lower rates of involvement of the adventitia and lymph node stations. Tumor length could have a significant impact on both the overall survival and disease-free survival of patients with resected esophageal carcinomas and may provide additional prognostic value to the current tumor, node, and metastasis staging system before patients receive any cancer-specific treatment.
authors: 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Mugla Sıtkı Koçman University, Mugla, Turkey.
authors: Arife
authors: A
authors: Zeybek
authors: Abdullah
authors: A
authors: Erdoğan
authors: Kemal Hakan
authors: KH
authors: Gülkesen
authors: Makbule
authors: M
authors: Ergin
authors: Alpay
authors: A
authors: Sarper
authors: Levent
authors: L
authors: Dertsiz
authors: Abid
authors: A
authors: Demircan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D047368:Tumor Burden
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