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Table 4 Histopathological findings of the lymph nodes

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

  1. aData are mean ± standard deviation
  2. bnumber of patients without affected lymph nodes