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Table 2 The number and percentage of patients whose T stage, N stage or overall stage was predicted pre-operatively to be higher than the stage determined post-operatively by histopathological examination.

From: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for carcinoma of the oesophagus and oesophago-gastric junction: a six-year experience

 

NAC group (n = 89)

Non-NAC group (n = 78)

p value

Pre-op T > Post-op T

12 (13.5%)

15 (19.2%)

0.31

Pre-op N > Post-op N

20 (22.5%)

12 (15.4%)

0.25

Overall Pre-op stage > Overall Post-op stage

24 (27.0%)

14 (17.9%)

0.17