Significance of Tumor Length as Prognostic Factor for Esophageal Cancer |
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| Authors: | Arife Zeybek Abdullah Erdo?an Kemal Hakan Gülkesen Makbule Ergin Alpay Sarper Levent Dertsiz Abid Demircan |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Mugla Sıtkı Koçman University, Mugla, Turkey ;2.Department of Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey ;3.Department of Statistics, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Our study indicated the relationship between tumor length and clinicopathologic characteristics as well as long-term survival in esophageal cancer. A total of 116 patients who underwent curative surgery for thoracic esophageal cancer with standard lymphadenectomy in 2 fields between 2000 and 2010 were included in the study. The medical records of these patients were retrospectively reviewed. The patients with tumor length ≥3 cm had a highly significant difference in the involvement of adventitia and lymph node stations. The patients with tumor length ≤3 cm had significantly lower rates of involvement of the adventitia and lymph node stations. Tumor length could have a significant impact on both the overall survival and disease-free survival of patients with resected esophageal carcinomas and may provide additional prognostic value to the current tumor, node, and metastasis staging system before patients receive any cancer-specific treatment. |
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| Keywords: | Tumor length Esophageal cancer Prognostic factor |
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