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Chinese Journal of Thoracic Surgery(Electronic Edition) ›› 2024, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (04): 211-218. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.2095-8773.2024.04.01

• Original Article •     Next Articles

Impact of supraclavicular lymph node metastasis on the prognostic of thoracic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a large retrospective study

Pengqiang Gao1, Junpeng Lin1, Peiyuan Wang1, Hui Lin1, Hang Zhou1, Wenwei Wei1, Shuoyan Liu1, Feng Wang1,()   

  1. 1.Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University,Fujian Cancer Hospital,Fuzhou 350011,China*Co-first authors.
  • Received:2024-06-03 Revised:2024-07-07 Accepted:2024-08-08 Online:2024-11-28 Published:2024-12-12
  • Contact: Feng Wang

Abstract:

Objective

To investigate the prognostic impact of metastasis to supraclavicular lymph nodes(SCLNs) in patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).

Methods

The clinical and survival information of the patients from 1999 to 2009 with thoracic ESCC who underwent esophagectomy with 3-field lymphadenectomy at the Department of Thoracic Surgery,Fujian Cancer Hospital were collected and analyzed.

Results

Of the 1 812 patients,739(40.8%) had no lymph node metastases,878(48.5%) had at least 1 positive node but were SCLN-negative,and 195(10.8%) had SCLN metastases.The 5-year survival rate was 72.4% for nodenegative patients,43.6% for node-positive patients without SCLN metastases,and 32.3% for patients with SCLN metastases.The difference was significant(P<0.001).In the multivariate analysis,the male sex(P<0.001),a higher T stage(P=0.005),and a higher N stage(P<0.001) retained statistical significance as adverse prognostic factors for overall survival,while SCLN metastasis did not(P=0.521).A comparison of the 5-year survival rates among patients with SCLN metastases revealed that the SCLN-positive group was more similar to the N2 group(P=0.281) than to the N3 group(P=0.034).

Conclusions

SCLN can be used as part of regional lymph node dissection for squamous oesophageal cancer and SCLN metastases can be used as stage N2 in staging to improve the accuracy of staging to improve patient prognosis.

Key words: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, Esophagectomy, Supraclavicular lymph nodes

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