Prognostic value of left gastric artery lymph node metastasis in patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study
Our study confirms that No. 7 LNM is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with thoracic ESCC. Standardized dissection of No. 7 LNs is critical during radical esophagectomy for thoracic ESCC.
Authors
- Tianlai Liu
- Benben Zhu
- Ting Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-5179)
- Pengjie Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-2923)
- Pubo Shi
- Yong Li
- Jingjing Zhang
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Inner Mongolia Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-2025-aw-2300
- Primary Topic
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00