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Table 4 The correlation between CRM status and lymph nodes status and extranodal invasion of lymph nodes metastasis

From: The prognostic significance of the circumferential resection margin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients without neoadjuvant treatment

  

n

CRM status

 

0 mm

0-1 mm

 > 1 mm

P value

pN

N0

405

25(6.2%)

109(26.9%)

271(66.9%)

0.005

N1

238

11 (4.6%)

77 (32.4%)

150 (63.0%)

 

N2

140

16 (11.4%)

52 (37.1%)

72 (51.4%)

 

N3

55

7 (12.7%)

20 (36.4%)

28 (50.9%)

 

Extranodal invasion

No

207

11(5.3%)

66(31.9%)

130(62.8%)

0.056

Yes

226

23(10.2%)

83(36.7%)

120(53.1%)

 
  1. CRM Circumferential resection margin