Does recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph node metastasis really affect the prognosis in node-positive patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the middle thoracic esophagus?

Background: Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) lymph node metastasis used to be shown a predictor for poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of RLN node metastasis and the number of metastatic lymph nodes in node-positive patients with squamous cell carcinoma of middle thoracic esophagus.

Methods: A cohort of 235 patients who underwent curative surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of middle thoracic esophagus was investigated.

[A comparison of clinical outcomes between standard and total two-field lymphadenectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus].

Objective: To explore the suitable lymphadenectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus.

Methods: From January 2004 to December 2007, 300 patients with lower thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma underwent Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy with 2-field lymphadenectomy in our department. All cases were retrospectively analyzed.

Correlation between microtubule-associated gene expression and chemosensitivity of patients with stage II non-small cell lung cancer.

The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between mRNA expression of β-tubulin-III and stathmin in patients with stage II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the chemosensitivity to Navelbine plus cisplatin (NP), as well as to provide a basis for personalized treatment. A single-gene quantitative test was performed to detect the mRNA expression of β-tubulin-III and stathmin in the tumor tissue of patients with stage II NSCLC. All the patients underwent NP treatment following surgery and were followed-up to record their disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).

Risk factors for No. 12p and No. 12b lymph node metastases in advanced gastric cancer in China.

Background: The risk factors for No. 12p and No. 12b lymph node (LN) metastases in advanced gastric cancer (GC) remain controversial.

Prognostic significance of solitary lymph node metastasis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of middle thoracic esophagus.

Background: The aim of this study is to compare clinical outcomes between patients with solitary lymph node metastasis and node-negative (N0) patients in squamous cell carcinoma of the middle thoracic esophagus.

Methods: A series of 135 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the middle thoracic esophagus were retrospectively investigated. There were 33 patients with solitary lymph node metastasis and 102 N0 patients.

Effect of Yiqi Bufei recipe [see text] on patients with pulmonary incompetence after pneumonectomy.

Objective: To study the effect of Yiqi Bufei Recipe ([see text], YBR) on surgical tolerability, pulmonary compensatory function and post-operation rehabilitation in patients with pulmonary incompetence (PI) after pneumonectomy.

Methods: YBR intervention was applied to 60 patients with PI after pneumonectomy (as test group), the pulmonary and cardiac functions changes before and after operation, occurrence of postoperative complications, mortality, and the number of hospitalization days and intensive care unit (ICU) confinement period were observed. Meantime, for the negative and positive controls, the same parameters were observed comparatively in 60 patients with normal lung function, and in 60 patients with PI undergoing a similar operation but untreated with Chinese herbs.

Ivor Lewis subtotal esophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus.

Aim: To evaluate the clinical outcome of Ivor Lewis subtotal esophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus.

Methods: From January 1998 to December 2001, 73 patients with lower thoracic esophageal carcinoma underwent Ivor-Lewis subtotal esophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy. Clinicopathological information, postoperative complications, mortality and long term survival of all these patients were analyzed retrospectively.

[Sleeve resection for lung cancer: a report of 82 cases].

Background & Objective: Bronchial sleeve resection and/or pulmovascular sleeve resection can maximize preservation of normal lung tissues after tumor resection, which provides a resection mode for lung cancer surgery. This study was to investigate the technique, operative results and survival of lung cancer patients after sleeve resection.

Methods: Eighty-two central lung cancer patients underwent sleeve resection in Zhejiang Cancer Hospital from Jun.

[Ivor Lewis esophagectomy with two-field lymph node dissection for squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus].

Background & Objective: Esophagectomy with local regional lymph node dissection is the main treatment for lower thoracic esophageal carcinoma. This study was to assess the clinical outcomes of Ivor Lewis esophagectomy with two-field lymph node dissection for squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus.

Methods: Clinical data of 73 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lower thoracic esophagus, who underwent Ivor Lewis esophagectomy with two-field lymph node dissection from Jan.

[Intraoperative radiotherapy for 30 esophageal carcinoma patients].

Objective: To analyze the complications and treatment results of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) for esophageal carcinoma.

Methods: Sixty patients with thoracic esophageal carcinoma underwent esophagectomy through right thoractomy, 30 patients of whom received IORT of 15 - 25 Gy.

Results: In patients who underwent IORT, 2 cases of pneumonitis, 1 case of anastomotic leak and 1 case of incisional wound infection were found.