ypN0: Does It Matter How You Get There? Nodal Downstaging in Esophageal Cancer

Andrea Zanoni,Giuseppe Verlato,Simone Giacopuzzi,Massimiliano Motton,Francesco Casella,Jacopo Weindelmayer,Elena Ambrosi,Alberto Di Leo,Antonios Vassiliadis,F. Ricci,Thomas W. Rice,Giovanni De Manzoni

ypN0: Does It Matter How You Get There? Nodal Downstaging in Esophageal Cancer

2016

Andrea Zanoni
Giuseppe Verlato
Simone Giacopuzzi
Massimiliano Motton
Francesco Casella
Jacopo Weindelmayer
Elena Ambrosi
Alberto Di Leo
Antonios Vassiliadis
F. Ricci
Thomas W. Rice
Giovanni De Manzoni

Background ypN0 following induction treatment for advanced esophageal cancer improves survival. Importance of how ypN0 is achieved is unknown. This study evaluates survival in “natural” N0 (cN0/ypN0) and “downstaged” N0 (cN+/ypN0) patients.

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Esophagectomy
Gastroenterology
Fluorouracil
General surgery
Neoadjuvant therapy
Cisplatin
NODAL
Oncology
Medicine
Survival rate
Esophageal cancer
Adenocarcinoma
Internal medicine
Surgical oncology

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