Comparison of lymph node metastasis pattern from esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma versus very low thoracic esophageal squamous cancer: a propensity-matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The anatomical locations of esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma (AEG) and very low thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) are similar. This study aimed to evaluate the difference in lymph node metastasis (LNM) distribution between AEG and very low thoracic ESCC.

Methods

Data from 156 Siewert I-II AEG patients and 120 ESCC patients with proximal edges located within 5 cm of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) and underwent curative surgery from 2010 to 2015 were retrospectively analyzed using propensity score matching (PSM). Five or six baseline variables were included in PSM separately. All patients underwent curative transthoracic surgery and systematic lymphadenectomy. After PSM, LNM rates of major stations were compared using the chi-squared test

SUBMITTER: Ma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992631 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature