TY - GEN AU - Zhang,Hongdian AU - Liang,Huagang AU - Gao,Yongyin AU - Shang,Xiaobin AU - Gong,Lei AU - Ma,Zhao AU - Sun,Ke AU - Tang,Peng AU - Yu,Zhentao TI - Metastatic lymph node ratio demonstrates better prognostic stratification than pN staging in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after esophagectomy SN - 2045-2322 PY - 2018///0710 KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Area Under Curve KW - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell KW - mortality KW - Cell Differentiation KW - Esophageal Neoplasms KW - Esophagectomy KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Kaplan-Meier Estimate KW - Lymph Node Excision KW - Lymph Nodes KW - pathology KW - Lymphatic Metastasis KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Neoplasm Staging KW - Prognosis KW - Proportional Hazards Models KW - ROC Curve KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Smoking KW - epidemiology KW - Tumor Burden N1 - Publication Type: Comparative Study; Evaluation Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/srep38804 ER -