Oesophagectomy with or without supraclavicular lymphadenectomy after neoadjuvant treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus.

CONCLUSION: For patients with clinically negative supraclavicular lymph nodes, prophylactic supraclavicular lymphadenectomy may be omitted when neoadjuvant treatment is administered. PMID: 30106170 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of Surgery - August 14, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Mine S, Watanabe M, Kumagai K, Okamura A, Yamashita K, Hayami M, Yuda M, Imamura Y, Ishizuka N Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research