Alcohol and survival in ESCC: Prediagnosis alcohol consumption and postoperative survival in lymph node-negative esophageal carcinoma patients

摘要

BackgroundThe association between esophageal cancer and prediagnosis alcohol consumption is well established. However, evidence that prediagnosis alcohol consumption affects postoperative survival in patients with lymph node-negative esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is lacking. We conducted a retrospective study on the effect of prediagnosis alcohol consumption on the postoperative survival of patients with lymph node-negative ESCC in China.