Table 1 Univariate analysis of the prognosis of 28 patients with cervical oesophageal cancer who underwent surgery.

From: Clinicopathological features and surgical treatment of cervical oesophageal cancer

Ā 

Number of patients

MST (months)

5-year OS

P-value

Gender

Ā Ā Ā 

0.744

Ā Ā Male

21

25.0 (1.1–49.0)

40.6%

Ā 

Ā Ā Female

7

16.0

50.0%

Ā 

Age(years)

Ā Ā Ā 

0.638

  ≤60

19

18.0 (3.4–32.6)

41.2%

Ā 

Ā Ā >60

9

39.0 (8.2–69.8)

42.9%

Ā 

Tumour length

Ā Ā Ā 

0.102

  ≤4 cm

15

24.0 (9.0–39.0)

0%

Ā 

Ā Ā >4 cm

13

97.0

61.1%

Ā 

Tumour cell differentiation

Ā Ā Ā 

0.107

Ā Ā Well

11

—

77.8%

Ā 

Ā Ā Moderate

12

24.0 (13.9–34.1)

27.3%

Ā 

Ā Ā Poor

5

15.0 (6.4–23.6)

20.0%

Ā 

pT category

Ā Ā Ā 

0.917

Ā Ā pT1–2

7

39.0 (6.2–71.8)

30.0%

Ā 

Ā Ā pT3–4

21

25.0 (0.0–100.0)

46.3%

Ā 

pN category

Ā Ā Ā 

0.389

Ā Ā pN0

14

24.0 (10.0–38.0)

32.3%

Ā 

Ā Ā pN1

14

97.0 (0.0–206.0)

55.4%

Ā 

pTNM stage

Ā Ā Ā 

0.259

Ā Ā I + II

10

24.0 (14.4–33.6)

16.9%

Ā 

Ā Ā III

18

97.0 (0.0–254.7)

57.9%

Ā 

Surgical procedure

Ā Ā Ā 

0.417

Ā Ā Transhiatal

15

18.0 (8.5–27.5)

40.0%

Ā 

Ā Ā Thoracoscopy

13

39.0 (14.8–63.2)

30.0%

Ā 

Salvage surgery

Ā Ā Ā 

0.007

Ā Ā Yes

8

15.0 (10.5–19.5)

0%

Ā 

Ā Ā No

20

97.0 (0.1–193.9)

54.0%

Ā 
  1. Abbreviations: MST, median survival time; OS, overall survival; pT category, pathologic T category; pN category, pathologic N category; and pTNM stage, pathologic TNM stage. The TNM stage was based on the sixth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for oesophageal cancer. Surgical procedures were subdivided into two groups: transhiatal oesophagectomy without thoracotomy and thoracoscopic oesophagectomy.