The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 387-394, February 2010

Predictors of survival in patients with persistent nodal metastases after preoperative chemotherapy for esophageal cancer

Read at the Eighty-ninth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, May 9–13, 2009.

  • Brendon M. Stiles, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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  • Paul Christos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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  • Jeffrey L. Port, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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  • Paul C. Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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  • Subroto Paul, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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  • James Saunders, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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  • Nasser K. Altorki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Nasser K. Altorki, MD, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Suite M404, New York Presbyterian–Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th St, New York, NY10021.

Received 18 May 2009; received in revised form 3 September 2009; accepted 1 October 2009. published online 14 December 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

 Dr Christos was partially supported by the Clinical Translational Science Center (CTSC) (UL1-RR024996) grant.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01325-7

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.003

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 387-394, February 2010

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