Use of the Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio to Evaluate the Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer Patients with Node Metastasis Following Radical Esophagectomy

Zhenyu He; Sangang Wu; Qun Li; Qin Lin; Junjie Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073446

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Use of the Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio to Evaluate the Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer Patients with Node Metastasis Following Radical Esophagectomy

Zhenyu He ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenyu He, Sangang Wu, Qun Li

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Research Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Sangang Wu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenyu He, Sangang Wu, Qun Li

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, People’s Republic of China
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Qun Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhenyu He, Sangang Wu, Qun Li

* E-mail: liqun0799@126.com

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Research Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Qin Lin,

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, People’s Republic of China
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Junjie Xu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Research Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Use of the Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio to Evaluate the Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer Patients with Node Metastasis Following Radical Esophagectomy

Zhenyu He,
Sangang Wu,
Qun Li,
Qin Lin,
Junjie Xu

Published: September 9, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073446

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