A Clinical Nomogram for Predicting Node-positive Disease in Esophageal Cancer

We developed and validated a nomogram predicting the likelihood of occult lymph node metastases in surgically resectable esophageal cancers.Patients with esophageal cancer with positive lymph nodes benefit from neoadjuvant therapy, but limitations in current clinical staging techniques mean nodal metastases often go undetected preoperatively.The National Cancer Database was queried for patients with clinical T1-3N0M0 cancer undergoing upfront...