Publications by authors named "Marcus Kern"
Background: The application of endoscopic therapies for early cancers of the esophagus is limited by the possible presence of regional lymph node metastases. Our objective was to determine the prevalence and predictors of lymph node metastases in patients with pT1 carcinoma of the esophagus and the gastric cardia.
Methods: The National Cancer Institute's Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Database (2004 to 2010) was used to identify all patients with pT1 carcinomas who underwent primary surgical resection for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or adenocarcinoma (EAC) of the esophagus and of the esophagogastric junction (AEG).