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Comparison of the survival rates of patients in groups with N0, N1 (A) and N1 (B).
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Characteristics of lymph node metastasis in 129 patients with middle thoracic esophageal carcinoma.
Sites of lymph node involvement No. of the lymph nodes detected No. of lymph nodes metastasized RLNM (%) Thorax Adjacent to right RLN 278 46 16.5 Adjacent to left RLN 190 12 6.3 Adjacent to right trachea (R2, R4) 296 26 8.8 Aortopulmonary fenestration 133 5 3.8 Inferior to tracheal protuberance 358 38 10.6 Periesophageal 402 74 18.4 Pulmonary hilar lymph node 127 3 2.4 Diaphragmatic muscle 78 0 0 Abdomen By gastric cardia (left, right) 283 41 14.5 Surrounding left gastric vessels 299 42 14.0 Lesser gastric curvature 169 20 11.8 Greater gastric curvature 98 5 5.1 Surrounding the celiac artery 65 3 4.6 - Table 2.
Relationship among LMR, the depth of tumor infiltration, tumor size, and the degree of tumor cell differentiation.
Items n No. of cases with lymph nodes metastasis LMR (%) P χ2 Depth of tumor infiltration 0.001 16.695 T1 8 1 12.5 T2 26 9 34.6 T3 87 56 64.4 T4 8 7 87.5 Size of tumor (cm) 0.007 9.995 ≤ 3 29 9 31.0 3-5 68 38 55.9 ≥ 5 32 26 81.3 Degree of tumor cell differentiation 0.005 10.545 G1 32 11 34.4 G2 60 35 58.3 G3 37 27 73.0 - Table 3.
The 1-, 3- and 5-year survival rates in 129 patients with different rates of lymph node metastasis.
Groups n Survival rate (%) 1-year 3-year 5-year N0 56 89.3 66.7 50.4 N1 (A) 49 77.4 44.2 31.0 N1 (B) 24 61.4 30.7 6.8 P = 0.000
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