What is the optimal distal resection margin for esophageal carcinoma? Alan G Casson, S.Jane Darnton, PhD, Sujata Subramanian, Louise Hiller, BSc The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 205-209 (January 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01262-X
Fig 1 (A) Overall survival for all patients. (B) Overall survival for all patients by stage. From top to bottom, stage I (upper solid black line); stage IIA/B (upper short broken line); stage III (alternating dash/dots); stage IV (lower long broken line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 205-209DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01262-X)
Fig 2 Overall survival for all patients by distal resection margin status. Patients with histologically positive distal resection margins (n = 24; solid line) had a trend toward reduced survival (p = 0.17, not significant) compared to patients with negative margins (n = 165; broken line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 205-209DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01262-X)