Predictors of Nodal Metastases for Clinical T2N0 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

CONCLUSIONS: EUS is inaccurate for staging of T2N0 esophageal adenocarcinoma and often fails to identify nodal involvement. Identification of vascular invasion on preoperative biopsy should be explored as a prognostic marker to select patients for induction therapy.
PMID: 29627387 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - April 5, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Barbetta A, Schlottmann F, Nobel T, Sewell DB, Hsu M, Tan KS, Gerdes H, Shah P, Bains MS, Bott M, Isbell JM, Jones DR, Molena D Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research