The Prognostic Role of Lymphadenectomy during Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer with Complete or Near-Complete Tumor Response after Neoadjuvant Therapy
After considering stage purification bias, more extensive lymphadenectomy did not improve the long-term survival among patients with complete or near-complete tumor response after neoadjuvant therapy.
Authors
- Olli Helminen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9544-6475)
- Mika Helmiö
- Joonas H. Kauppila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6740-3726)
- Eero Sihvo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2694-8487)
- Antti Valtola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5923-968X)
- Sanna Meriläinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0789-9042)
- Fredrik Mattsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1850-2760)
- Wilhelm Leijonmarck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1054-512X)
- Jari Räsänen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7826-532X)
- Jesper Lagergren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-5448)
- Elina Lietzén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-7176)
- Anna Junttila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-9966)
- Tuula Tyrväinen
- Vesa Koivukangas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2966-0286)
- Ari Ristimäki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5373-9234)
- Eivind Gottlieb‐Vedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3098-1167)
- Johanna Louhimo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6208-978X)
- Vesa‐Matti Pohjanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4129-4346)
- Arto Kokkola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8286-0666)
- Heikki Huhta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-198X)
- Taina Rantanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-1945)
- Ellinor Wiström
Institutions
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Oulu University Hospital (FI)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University of Oulu (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-025-18599-6
- Primary Topic
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Karolinska Institutet