Clinical Value and Efficacy Index of Lymphadenectomy for Thoracic Escc

Yongtao Han

Status: Completed

Conditions: Esophageal Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05604664

SCCH-TS2203

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to to clarify the focus of lymph node dissection during esophagectomy.. The main question[s] it aims to answer is:

• provide a basis for accurate staging and the relationship between OS and lymph node dissection

Enrollment: 1,727 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Pathologic findings proved ESCC (8th AJCC/UICC stage T1b-4aN0-3M0)
2. Underwent esophagecomy (two-field or three-field LN dissection)
3. The primary tumor was thoracic ESCC

Exclusion criteria

1. Located outside the thoracic
2. Patients underwent salvage or R1/R2 esophagecomy
3. The number of resected lymph nodes (RLNs) less than 15
4. With neoadjuvant therapy(NT) or salvage chemoradiotherapy(SCRT)