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A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study to Evaluate the Association of Lymph Node Retrieval with Long-Term Overall Survival in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

BACKGROUND: Previous studies evaluating the association of lymph node (LN) yield and survival presented conflicting results and many may be influenced by confounding and stage migration. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate whether the quality indicator ‘retrieval of at least 15 LNs’ is associate...

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Autores principales: van der Werf, Leonie R., Marra, Elske, Gisbertz, Suzanne S., Wijnhoven, Bas P. L., van Berge Henegouwen, Mark I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33067746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-09142-w