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Table 1 Clinicopathological features of the 235 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the middle thoracic esophagus

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

Variables

No. (%)

Age (years)

 

< 60

132 (56)

≥ 60

103 (44)

Sex

 

Male

194 (83)

Female

41 (17)

Differentiation

 

G1

49 (21)

G2

143 (61)

G3

43 (18)

T category

 

T1

32 (14)

T2

38 (16)

T3

157 (67)

T4

8 (3)

Node status

 

N0

102 (43)

N1

57 (24)

N2

49 (21)

N3

27 (11)

Positive (N+)

133 (57)

RLN -

52 (22)

RLN +

81 (35)

Lymphatic and venous invasion

 

No

190 (81)

Yes

45 (19)

Intramural metastasis

 

No

220 (94)

Yes

15 (6)

Adjuvant therapy

 

No

179 (76)

Yes

56 (24)

Lymphadenectomy type

 

2-field

159 (68)

3-field

76 (32)