Ratio of Metastatic Lymph Nodes to Total Number of Nodes Resected is Prognostic for Survival in Esophageal Carcinoma Clive J. Kelty, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCSEd, FRCS(Gen Surg), Catherine W. Kennedy, RMRA, Gregory L. Falk, MBBS, FRACS, FACS Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages 1467-1471 (September 2010) DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e8f6b1 Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Patient survival according to AJCC (6th Edition) TNM staging. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 1467-1471DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e8f6b1) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Overall survival in patients according to histologic subtype. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 1467-1471DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e8f6b1) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 3 Survival according to the administration of neoadjuvant therapy versus surgery alone. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 1467-1471DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e8f6b1) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 4 Survival according to absolute number of lymph node metastases resected. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 1467-1471DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e8f6b1) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 5 Overall survival in patients stratified with increasing metastatic lymph node ratios. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2010 5, 1467-1471DOI: (10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e8f6b1) Copyright © 2010 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions