Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

			Frequency
Age (years)	Median		62
	Range		27–80
Gender	M	149	89.22%
	F	18	10.78%
Ethnicity	White	152	91.02
	Hispanic	13	7.78
	African–American	2	1.20
Histology	Adeno	160	95.81%
	SCC	7	4.19%
Tumor grade	Well‐diff	4	2.40%
	Mod diff	72	43.11%
	Poorly diff	91	54.49%
Baseline EUST Stage	Tx	8	4.79%
	T2	19	11.38%
	T3	137	82.04%
	T4	2	1.20%
	T4b	1	0.60%
Baseline EUS N stage	N0	60	35.93%
	N1	102	61.08%
	Nx	5	2.99%
Baseline M	M0	155	92.81%
	M1a	12	7.19%
Induction Chemo	Yes	67	40.12
	No	100	59.88
Type of surgery	Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy	113	67.66
	Transhiatal Esophagectomy	18	10.77
	Transthoracic Esophagectomy	9	5.39
	Three‐field Esophagectomy	13	7.78
	Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy	14	8.38
Taxanesa		96
Platinuma		86
Taxane and platinuma		21

EUS denotes, endoscopic ultrasonography.

^aAll patients received a fluoropyrimidine (iv or oral).