Background Oesophagectomy has a high risk of postoperative morbidity. The impact of
postoperative complications on overall survival of oesophageal cancer remains unclear …

OBJECTIVES The demographic and clinicopathologic factors associated with 5-year
survivors have not been well documented in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma …

Excessive surgical stress and postoperative complications cause a storm of perioperative
cytokine release, which has been shown to enhance tumor metastasis in experimental …

Background The aim of the present study was to investigate the age-specific prognostic
factors in patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Methods The medical …

Background Elevated serum YKL-40 levels have been observed in various cancers. We
evaluated the diagnostic performance of serum YKL-40 alone or in combination with the …

Background Several prognostic factors for patients who have undergone esophagectomy
owing to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma have been suggested, including …

Purpose: To evaluate the prognostic value of serum CYFRA21-1, CEA and hemoglobin
levels regarding long-term survival of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma …

ABSTRACT Introduction Currently, the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC)
staging system is used for prognostication for oesophageal cancer. However, several …

Aims Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is associated with a short median
survival and low cure rates. The postoperative survival time of some patients with ESCC is …

Background and Aims Esophageal cancer claims more than 500,000 deaths worldwide, with
half occurring in China. We aimed to synthesize existing evidence on stage-specific survival …