Definition of the lymph node regions.

<p>Definition of the lymph node regions.</p

The distribution of LRFs.

<p>Cer.:cervical nodes; Med.:mediastinal nodes; Abd.:upper abdominal nodes; Ana.:anastomotic recurrences.</p

The number of recurrent sites located based on CT landmarks.

<p>The number of recurrent sites located based on CT landmarks.</p

Clinical and pathological characteristics.

<p>Clinical and pathological characteristics.</p

Univariate and multivariate analyses of the risk factors related to nodal recurrences.

<p>Upper: Upper thoracic esophagus; Middle: Middle thoracic esophagus; Lower: Lower thoracic esophagus.</p

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Additional file 1: Table S1. Primer sequences for quantitative RT-PCR. Table S2. Primer sequences for construction of VTN-overexpressed and VTN-interfering vectors