1. Clinical characteristics, biologic behavior, and survival after esophagectomy are similar for adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction and the distal esophagus 
Jessica M. Leers, MD, Steven R. DeMeester, MD, Nadia Chan, MS, Shahin Ayazi, MD, Arzu Oezcelik, MD, Emmanuele Abate, MD, Farzaneh Banki, MD, John C. Lipham, MD, Jeffrey A. Hagen, MD, Tom R. DeMeester, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 138, Issue 3, Pages (September 2009)
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2. Figure 1
The pattern of lymph node involvement in patients with N1 disease after en bloc esophagectomy (n = 144) with distal esophageal (DE) and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) tumors.
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3. Figure 2
A, Five-year overall survival curve for patients with distal esophageal (DE) and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinomas (P = .16, log-rank test). B, Five-year disease-specific survival for patients with distal esophageal (DE) and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinomas (P = .41, log-rank test).
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