Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy for radically resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with radically resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

Methods: Patients with esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy at our hospital from 2010 to 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Only patients with radically resected ESCC who did not receive neoadjuvant therapy or adjuvant radiotherapy were enrolled in this study.

Surgical resection for esophageal adenosquamous carcinoma: an analysis of 56 cases.

Background: Esophageal adenosquamous carcinoma (EASC) is a rare disease. The biological behavior and treatment of this malignancy are not well studied.

Methods: Data from 56 patients with EASC who underwent esophagectomy were retrospectively analyzed and compared with 5028 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

Prognostic Value of Body Mass Index Stratified by Alcohol Drinking Status in Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Background: The goal of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of body mass index (BMI) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) when stratified by alcohol drinking status.

Methods: A total of 620 patients with ESCC who underwent esophagectomy were analyzed. A receiver operating characteristic curve was constructed to set the appropriate cutoff point for BMI.

The Impact of Preoperative Nutritional Status on the Survival of Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of different nutritional parameters in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who underwent surgical resection. A total of 620 patients with ESCC who underwent esophagectomy were analyzed. A receiver operating characteristic curve was constructed to set the appropriate cutoff points for five nutritional parameters: serum albumin (SA), body mass index (BMI), geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI), prognostic nutritional index (PNI), and a new modified nutritional risk index (mNRI).

Prognostic value of occult lymph node metastases in patients with completely resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

To investigate the prognostic value of occult lymph node metastases (OLNMs) in patients with pathologically lymph node negative (pN0) esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). OLNMs were detected in 516 pN0 ESCC patients by immunohistochemical staining. The correlation between the clinicopathological features and OLNM, and the prognostic value of OLNM was explored.

Comparison of three lymph node staging systems in evaluating the prognosis of patients with pT3 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

To explore the prognostic value of three lymph node staging systems, including number of positive lymph nodes (pN), lymph node ratio (LNR), and log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS), in patients with pT3 stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Data from 1667 patients with pT3 stage ESCC who underwent surgical resection were reviewed. The log-rank test was used to assess the differences in overall survival (OS) between groups.

Clinicopathological features and surgical treatment of cervical oesophageal cancer.

Cervical oesophageal cancer (CEC) is a relatively uncommon malignancy. The biological behaviour and treatment have not been well studied. This retrospective study reviewed the clinicopathological features of 28 patients with CEC who underwent surgical resection to investigate the biological behaviour, treatment and prognosis of CEC.

The impact of adjuvant radiotherapy on radically resected T3 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Purpose: The role of adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains controversial. This retrospective study was designed to analyze the impact of adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with T3 stage ESCC after radical resection.

Methods: Data of a single-center cohort of 692 patients with T3 stage ESCC who underwent radical resection, with or without adjuvant radiotherapy, were reviewed.

Lymph node ratio-based staging system for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Aim: To analyze a modified staging system utilizing lymph node ratio (LNR) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).

Methods: Clinical data of 2011 patients with ESCC who underwent surgical resection alone between January 1995 and June 2010 at the Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College were reviewed. The LNR, or node ratio (Nr) was defined as the ratio of metastatic LNs ompared to the total number of resected LNs.

Primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the esophagus.

Aim: To investigate the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of primary adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) of the esophagus.

Methods: A total of 4015 patients with esophageal carcinoma underwent surgical resection between January 1995 and June 2012 at the Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College. In 37 cases, the histological diagnosis was primary ASC.

Surgical treatment for early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

More studies are needed to clarify treatments and prognosis of early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). This retrospective study was designed to review the outcome of surgical treatment for early ESCC, evaluate the results of a left thoracotomy for selected patients with early ESCC, and identify factors affecting lymph node metastases and survival. The clinicopathological data of 228 patients with early ESCC who underwent transthoracic esophagectomy with lymphadenectomy without preoperative adjuvant treatment were reviewed.

Prognostic factors and outcome for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma underwent surgical resection alone: evaluation of the seventh edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Introduction: More data are essential to test the efficacy of the seventh edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). This retrospective study was designed to identify the prognostic factors for survival of patients with ESCC who underwent surgical resection alone and to evaluate the new AJCC staging system for ESCC.

Methods: Data of a single-center cohort of 2011 patients with ESCC who underwent surgical resection alone according to the new staging system were reviewed.

[Clinical analysis of 36 cases of esophageal mucoepidermoid carcinoma].

Objective: To review the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of esophageal mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC).

Methods: Clinical data of 36 patients with pathologically confirmed esophageal MEC who received surgical treatment in Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College from Jan 1991 to Jun 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. The survival analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier method.

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.

Purpose: Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) of the esophagus is a rare carcinoma with distinct characteristics. No standard treatment has been established. This retrospective study was designed to investigate the clinical and pathological characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of esophageal BSCC.

Long-term effects of proglumide on resection of cardiac adenocarcinoma.

Aim: Patients with advanced stage cardiac adenocarcinoma have a very poor prognosis. Surgery is the first choice of treatment for this kind of patients. Peptide hormone gastrin is a recognized growth factor for gastric cancer, and gastrin receptor antagonist proglumide can block the effects of gastrin.

Long-term effect on carcinoma of esophagus of distal subtotal gastrectomy.

Aim: To investigate the surgical treatment and long-term survival for patients with carcinoma of esophagus after distal subtotal gastrectomy.

Methods: Resections of the tumor through left thoracotomy were performed in 85 patients with esophageal carcinoma following distal subtotal gastrectomy. The procedure involved preserving the left short gastric artery and transporting the residual stomach, the spleen and tail of the pancreas into the left thoracic cavity, and using the residual stomach to reconstruct the alimentary tract.