Prognostic Significance of the pN Classification Supplemented by Vascular Invasion for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Chong-Mei Zhu; Yi-Hong Ling; Shao-Yan Xi; Rong-Zhen Luo; Jie-Wei Chen; Jing-Ping Yun; Dan Xie; Mu-Yan Cai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096129

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Prognostic Significance of the pN Classification Supplemented by Vascular Invasion for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Chong-Mei Zhu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chong-Mei Zhu, Yi-Hong Ling

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Yi-Hong Ling ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chong-Mei Zhu, Yi-Hong Ling

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Shao-Yan Xi,

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Rong-Zhen Luo,

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Jie-Wei Chen,

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Jing-Ping Yun,

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Dan Xie,

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Mu-Yan Cai

* E-mail: caimuyan@hotmail.com

Affiliations Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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Prognostic Significance of the pN Classification Supplemented by Vascular Invasion for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Chong-Mei Zhu,
Yi-Hong Ling,
Shao-Yan Xi,
Rong-Zhen Luo,
Jie-Wei Chen,
Jing-Ping Yun,
Dan Xie,
Mu-Yan Cai

Published: April 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096129

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