From: Perioperative chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiation for patients with adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus in Austria: a retrospective analysis
CROSS
n = 53
EOX
n = 51
p value
Lymph node counts a
Total LNs (range)
22 (5-38)
29 (1–58)
0.020
Metastatic LNs (range)
3 (0-14)
3 (0-28)
0.707
Not affected LNsb
16 (30.1%)
25 (49.0%)
0.269