Fig 1.
Hematoxylin and eosin—Stained section (200 magnification) of a biopsy specimen showing (A) SRC≥50% and (B) SRC<50%, and (C) poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (reference group).
Fig 2.
Consort diagram.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients according to the therapy group.
Table 2.
Perioperative and histopathological variables of the resected specimen.
Fig 3.
Kaplan-Meier survival curves by the presence of SRCs.
Table 3.
Univariate analysis of the 57 patients with primary esophageal carcinoma containing ≥50%SRCs.