Quality of life and survival of achieving textbook outcome for resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Xinming Nie, Kaixin Zhao, Qin Xie, Wenwu He, Simiao Lu, Chenghao Wang, Yan Miao, Longlin Jiang, Kangning Wang, Guangyuan Liu, Qiang Fang, Lin Peng, Xuefeng Leng, Yongtao Han · 2025
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Description
Xinming Nie and co-authors (2025) asked whether esophageal cancer patients who hit every quality target after surgery also live longer and feel better. The target bundle, called textbook outcome, covers a clean operation and enough lymph nodes removed. It also requires no major complications and a smooth recovery. The team reviewed patients who had keyhole surgery for squamous cell cancer of the esophagus. All were treated at one center in 2019 and 2020. Standard questionnaires tracked survival and quality of life.
About a third of the patients reached the bundle. Complications and too few lymph nodes taken were the main reasons others missed it. The successful group had better disease-free and overall survival. They had milder swallowing trouble afterward. Oddly, they reported somewhat worse social functioning and more money worries. The authors say hitting the bundle helps survival and swallowing. Social and financial support after surgery still needs strengthening.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xinming Nie, Kaixin Zhao, Qin Xie, Wenwu He, Simiao Lu, Chenghao Wang, Yan Miao, Longlin Jiang, Kangning Wang, Guangyuan Liu, Qiang Fang, Lin Peng, Xuefeng Leng, Yongtao Han |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |