The Prognostic Significance of Subcarinal Lymph Node Dissection in Esophagectomy for Middle and Lower Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Despite a low SCLN metastasis rate, its presence significantly worsens prognosis. SCLND does not significantly improve long-term survival in patients with pathologic T1-T2 tumors, but it may confer a survival benefit in T3-T4a stage disease, supporting individualized surgical decisions regarding lymph node dissection.
Authors
- Jun Feng Liu
- Xin Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7192-2788)
- Zhihua Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6961-1518)
- Shiwen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9341-3765)
- Rong Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0816-9587)
- Shihao Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5528-8353)
- Bing Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5295-5517)
Institutions
- Hebei Medical University (CN)
- Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf219
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01
Funders
- Hebei Medical University