Distribution of Lymph Node Metastasis in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Trimodal Therapy

BACKGROUND: Although metastatic tumors in lymph nodes (LN) are potentially affected by neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT), the distribution of LN metastases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) after trimodal therapy has never been sufficiently estimated.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: We evaluated the distribution of LN metastases, relationships between LN metastases and radiation fields, risk factors for LN metastasis, and the influence of LN metastasis on the survival of 184 patients with ESCC who underwent NCRT followed by esophagectomy.

RESULTS: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy resulted in down-staged LN status in 74 (49.3%) patients. Pathological LN metastases were extensive in 177 LN stations in the cervical, mediastinal, and abdominal fields, and 162 (91.5%) metastases were located inside the radiation fields. Multivariate analysis showed that clinical N stage [N0 vs. 1/2/3: hazard ratio (HR), 2.69; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.22-5.92; p = 0.01] and clinical response of primary tumor (complete vs. noncomplete: HR, 2.93; 95% CI, 1.50-5.69; p = 0.002) were statistically significant for pathological LN metastasis. Recurrence-free and overall survivals were significantly stratified according to the number of pathological LN metastases, associations between clinical and pathological LN metastases, and presence or absence of pathological LN metastases outside radiation field.

CONCLUSIONS: About 50% of patients who were clinically diagnosed with LN metastasis before treatment were downstaged by NCRT, and their prognoses were relatively good. However, LN metastases were extensive at the cervical, mediastinal, and abdominal areas, even within the radiation field. Thus, systematic and adequate lymphadenectomy is required for ESCC treated by NCRT.

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

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Annals of surgical oncology - 28(2021), 3 vom: 03. März, Seite 1798-1807

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Englisch

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Hamai, Yoichi [VerfasserIn]
Emi, Manabu [VerfasserIn]
Ibuki, Yuta [VerfasserIn]
Kurokawa, Tomoaki [VerfasserIn]
Yoshikawa, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Ohsawa, Manato [VerfasserIn]
Hirohata, Ryosuke [VerfasserIn]
Murakami, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Nishibuchi, Ikuno [VerfasserIn]
Imano, Nobuki [VerfasserIn]
Nagata, Yasushi [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Morihito [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 10.05.2021

Date Revised 10.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1245/s10434-020-09106-0

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NLM314582428