Prognostic significance of prospectively detected bone marrow micrometastases in esophagogastric cancer: 10‐year follow‐up confirms prognostic significance. (27th April 2015) - Ryan, Paul
Abstract This study reports 10‐year follow‐up data on a cohort of 88 patients whose rib marrow was examined prospectively for bone marrow micrometastatic tumor cells (BMM). Multivariate Cox analysis of interaction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, nodal status, and BMM positivity showed that the contribution of BMM to disease‐specific and overall survival is significant (P = 0.014).