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Table 1 Recurrence pattern summary using recurrence rate

From: Recommendation for the definition of postoperative radiotherapy target volume based on a pooled analysis of patterns of failure after radical surgery among patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Study No.

Total sample size

LN Rec

Local

Distal Meta

2

90

18/90

2/90

20/90

3

414

160/414

13/414

49/414

4

501

121/501

13/501

72/501

6

112

37/112

1/112

7/112

8

70

15/70

*

*

9

196

51/196

1/196

44/196

10

174

34/174

1/174

29/174

11

685

74/685

19/685

47/685

12

208

29/208

8/208

32/208

rate%

 

22.16

1.88

13.18

  1. *Not attainable from the literature