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Table 5 Summary of solitary lymph node metastasis in thirty-three patients defined by three criteria

From: Prognostic significance of solitary lymph node metastasis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of middle thoracic esophagus

 

JSED

AJCC

Anatomy

 

Skip (−) (n = 20)

Skip (+) (n = 13)

Skip (−) (n = 10)

Skip (+) (n = 23)

Skip (−) (n = 25)

Skip (+) (n = 8)

upper mediastinum

12

3

 

15

15

 

Middle mediastinum

8

1

9

 

9

 

Lower mediastinum

 

1

1

 

1

 

Upper abdomen

 

6

 

6

 

6

Cervix

 

2

 

2

 

2

  1. JSED, Japanese Society for Esophageal Disease; AJCC, American Joint Commission on Cancer.