{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,13]],"date-time":"2025-06-13T14:25:31Z","timestamp":1749824731572},"reference-count":25,"publisher":"Public Library of Science (PLoS)","issue":"7","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,15]],"date-time":"2015-07-15T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1436918400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["www.plosone.org"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["PLoS ONE"],"DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0133076","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,15]],"date-time":"2015-07-15T18:42:29Z","timestamp":1436985749000},"page":"e0133076","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["The Prognostic Impact of Lymph Node Involvement in Large Scale Operable Node-Positive Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients: A 10-Year Experience"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Xiao-Ling","family":"Xu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei-Hui","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shuang-Mei","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"An","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei-Min","family":"Mao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,15]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"69","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.20107","article-title":"Global cancer statistics","volume":"61","author":"A Jemal","year":"2011","journal-title":"CA Cancer J Clin"},{"issue":"3","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"360","DOI":"10.1097\/00000658-200109000-00010","article-title":"Histologic tumor type is an independent prognostic parameter in esophageal cancer: lessons from more than 1,000 consecutive resections at a single center in the Western world","volume":"234","author":"JR Siewert","year":"2001","journal-title":"Ann Surg"},{"issue":"48","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18397","DOI":"10.3748\/wjg.v20.i48.18397","article-title":"Evaluation of the 7(th) edition of the TNM classification in patients with resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma","volume":"20","author":"J Wang","year":"2014","journal-title":"World J Gastroenterol"},{"issue":"3","key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"379","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00316818","article-title":"Advanced esophageal carcinoma","volume":"18","author":"TE Lerut","year":"1994","journal-title":"World J Surg"},{"issue":"4","key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1161","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2004.04.045","article-title":"The prognostic importance of immunohistochemically detected node metastases in resected esophageal adenocarcinoma","volume":"78","author":"TA Waterman","year":"2004","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"issue":"9","key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2850","DOI":"10.1245\/s10434-014-3696-4","article-title":"Evaluation of the nodal status in the 7th edition of the UICC-TNM classification for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: proposed modifications for improved survival stratification: impact of lymph node metastases on overall survival after esophagectomy","volume":"21","author":"M Yamasaki","year":"2014","journal-title":"Ann Surg Oncol"},{"issue":"16","key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3763","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.25146","article-title":"Cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: data-driven staging for the seventh edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer\/International Union Against Cancer Cancer Staging Manuals","volume":"116","author":"TW Rice","year":"2010","journal-title":"Cancer"},{"issue":"7","key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2142","DOI":"10.1245\/s10434-012-2218-5","article-title":"Comparison of the 6th and 7th Editions of the UICC-AJCC TNM Classification for Esophageal Cancer","volume":"19","author":"K Talsma","year":"2012","journal-title":"Ann Surg Oncol"},{"issue":"3","key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"890","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2011.11.035","article-title":"An attempt at validation of the Seventh edition of the classification by the International Union Against Cancer for esophageal carcinoma","volume":"93","author":"M Reeh","year":"2012","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"issue":"4","key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1024","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2010.01.017","article-title":"Comparison of the 6th and 7th editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer tumor-node-metastasis staging system in patients with resected esophageal carcinoma","volume":"89","author":"PK Hsu","year":"2010","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"issue":"6","key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1303","DOI":"10.1007\/s00268-011-1015-9","article-title":"The N-classification for esophageal cancer staging: should it be based on number, distance, or extent of the lymph node metastasis?","volume":"35","author":"QR Xu","year":"2011","journal-title":"World J Surg"},{"issue":"1","key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1442-2050.2008.00901.x","article-title":"Worldwide esophageal cancer collaboration","volume":"22","author":"TW Rice","year":"2009","journal-title":"Dis Esophagus"},{"issue":"6","key":"ref13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1087","DOI":"10.3892\/etm.2012.705","article-title":"Number of metastasis-positive lymph node stations is a simple and reliable prognostic factor following surgery in patients with esophageal cancer","volume":"4","author":"S Takeno","year":"2012","journal-title":"Exp Ther Med"},{"issue":"2","key":"ref14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"217","DOI":"10.3346\/jkms.2014.29.2.217","article-title":"Patterns of lymph node recurrence after radical surgery impacting on survival of patients with pT1-3N0M0 thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma","volume":"29","author":"XL Chen","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Korean Med Sci"},{"issue":"1","key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"475","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2010.08.037","article-title":"Number and location of positive nodes, postoperative radiotherapy, and survival after esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection for thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma","volume":"82","author":"J Chen","year":"2012","journal-title":"Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys"},{"issue":"2","key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"194","DOI":"10.6004\/jnccn.2015.0028","article-title":"Esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancers, version 1.2015","volume":"13","author":"Ajani JA","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Natl Compr Canc Netw"},{"issue":"9","key":"ref17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e73446","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0073446","article-title":"Use of the metastatic lymph node ratio to evaluate the prognosis of esophageal cancer patients with node metastasis following radical esophagectomy","volume":"8","author":"Z He","year":"2013","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"ref18","article-title":"Prognostic significance of lymph node ratio in esophageal cancer","author":"N Wang","year":"2014","journal-title":"Tumour Biol"},{"key":"ref19","first-page":"455","article-title":"TNM classification of malignant tumours","author":"LH Sobin","year":"2010","journal-title":"TNM classification of malignant tumours"},{"issue":"11","key":"ref20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1913","DOI":"10.1007\/s11605-009-0982-8","article-title":"The metastatic lymph node number and ratio are independent prognostic factors in esophageal cancer","volume":"13","author":"WH Hsu","year":"2009","journal-title":"J Gastrointest Surg"},{"issue":"2","key":"ref21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"108","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1442-2050.2010.01108.x","article-title":"The number of lymph node metastases influences survival and International Union Against Cancer tumor-node-metastasis classification for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: does lymph node yield matter?","volume":"24","author":"H Li","year":"2011","journal-title":"Dis Esophagus"},{"issue":"2","key":"ref22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"155","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejso.2009.09.005","article-title":"Prognostic value of lymph node metastases and lymph node ratio in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma","volume":"36","author":"YP Liu","year":"2010","journal-title":"Eur J Surg Oncol"},{"issue":"9","key":"ref23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1467","DOI":"10.1097\/JTO.0b013e3181e8f6b1","article-title":"Ratio of metastatic lymph nodes to total number of nodes resected is prognostic for survival in esophageal carcinoma","volume":"5","author":"CJ Kelty","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Thorac Oncol"},{"issue":"48","key":"ref24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18397","DOI":"10.3748\/wjg.v20.i48.18397","article-title":"Evaluation of the 7th edition of the TNM classification in patients with resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma","volume":"20","author":"J Wang","year":"2014","journal-title":"World J Gastroenterol"},{"issue":"2","key":"ref25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"365","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2007.01.067","article-title":"Proposed modification of nodal status in AJCC esophageal cancer staging system","volume":"84","author":"W Hofstetter","year":"2007","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"}],"container-title":["PLOS ONE"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0133076","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,28]],"date-time":"2019-08-28T08:14:36Z","timestamp":1566980076000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0133076"}},"subtitle":[],"editor":[{"given":"Zhihua","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"editor","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,15]]},"references-count":25,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,15]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0133076","relation":{},"ISSN":["1932-6203"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1932-6203","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,15]]}}}