Research Article

A Novel Inflammation-Based Stage (I Stage) in Patients with Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics for patients with ESCC.

Cases (, %)

Age (years, mean ± SD)59.1 ± 7.9
Gender
 Female42 (13.0)
 Male281 (87.0)
Tumor length (cm, mean ± SD)4.3 ± 1.9
Tumor location
 Upper17 (5.3)
 Middle151 (46.7)
 Lower155 (48.0)
Differentiation
 Good44 (13.6)
 Moderate216 (66.9)
 Poor63 (19.5)
T grade
 T155 (17.0)
 T255 (17.0)
 T3179 (55.4)
 T434 (10.6)
N stage
 N0174 (53.9)
 N187 (26.9)
 N237 (11.5)
 N325 (7.7)
TNM stage
 I81 (25.1)
 II104 (32.2)
 III138 (42.7)
I stage
 I0112 (34.7)
 I197 (30.0)
 I266 (20.4)
 I348 (14.9)
CRP (mg/L, mean ± SD)9.7 ± 13.5
NLR (mean ± SD)3.3 ± 2.8
PLR (mean ± SD)160.9 ± 70.6