Recent data demonstrate that there is increased survival based on the number of lymph nodes resected with the specimen in esophageal cancer. The etiology of the observed increase in survival is ...

Conclusions RLN Lymph node metastasis is not, but the number of metastatic nodes is a prognostic predictor in node-positive patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the middle thoracic esophagus.

An endoscopic ultrasound examination is a sensitive test to assess the extent of involvement of the deeper esophageal tissue with the tumor and the presence of lymph nodes. In a barium swallow a thick ...