Analyses on patterns of lymph node metastasis and its impact on prognosis in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone: a single-center, retrospective cohort study.

Front Immunol · 2026 · PMC12996041 · PMID 41859128

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R0 (close margin) & R1 resection showed a trend toward higher risk of recurrence/metastasis (adjusted OR = 1.9, 95% CI: 0.99-3.64, p = 0.054), and achieving MPR showed a trend towards reduction of risk of recurrence/metastasis (adjusted OR = 0.47, 95% CI: 0.21-1.02, p = 0.057). 3.5.

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