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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2007; 13(16): 2283-2288
Published online Apr 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i16.2283
Published online Apr 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i16.2283
Table 1 Patient characteristics
| Characteristics | n | |
| Sex (M/F) | 40 (31/9) | |
| Mean age (yr) | 60 | |
| Location of tumor | Cervical | 2 |
| Upper thoracic | 5 | |
| Middle thoracic | 22 | |
| Lower thoracic | 11 | |
| T-classification | T3 | 18 |
| T4 | 22 | |
| N-classification | N0 | 23 |
| N1 | 17 | |
| M-classification | M0 | 34 |
| M1 | 6 | |
| UICC TNM stage | IIa | 15 |
| III | 16 | |
| IVa | 5 | |
| IVb | 4 |
- Citation: Yoshikawa R, Fujiwara Y, Koishi K, Kojima S, Matsumoto T, Yanagi H, Yamamura T, Hashimoto-Tamaoki T, Nishigami T, Tsujimura T. Cyclooxygenase-2 expression after preoperative chemoradiotherapy correlates with more frequent esophageal cancer recurrence. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(16): 2283-2288
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i16/2283.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i16.2283