Correlates of Long-Term Survival of Patients with pN+ Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma after Esophagectomy

Table 1

Clinical characteristics.

Factors	No.
Gender
Male	338
Female	115
Age (years)
60 (37–83)
Site of lesion
Upper	40
Middle	312
Lower	101
Length of lesion
6 (1–16)cm
Resected LN
10 (1–34)
NLR
2.77 (0.76–50.67)
LMR
3.50 (0.50–22.36)
Surgery
Two-field	430
Three-field	23
Factors	No.
pT
pT2	57
pT3	367
pT4	29
pN
pN1	294
pN2	131
pN3	28
pTNM
IIb	42
IIIa	250
IIIb	108
IIIc	53
Differentiation
Well-middle	331
Poor	122
Adjuvant therapy
No	131
POCT	222
PORT	57
POCRT	43

indicates median (range); LMR: lymphocyte monocyte rate; LN: lymph node; NLR: neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; POCRT: postoperative chemoradiotherapy; POCT: postoperative chemotherapy; PORT: postoperative radiotherapy.