The study aimed to determine the impact of clinically suspicious and pathologically confirmed supraclavicular lymph node (SCN) metastasis on survival outcomes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients who underwent esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection. Analysis of 611 patients revealed that the presence of SCN metastasis did not significantly affect overall survival, regardless of clinical suspicion or confirmation. Although univariable analysis showed associations between SCN metastasis and poorer survival, multivariable analysis did not support these findings.
Journal Article by Park SY, Lee J (…) Shim YM et 5 al. in Ann Surg Oncol
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