Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the 6 esophageal cancer cases

Case	cTNM∗	AJCC location†	Histology	Male/female	Age (y)
1	T3N2M0	Upper thoracic	SCC	M	67
2	T3N1-2M0	Middle thoracic	SCC	M	54
3	T2N2M0	Lower thoracic, GEJ‡	AC	M	71
4	T3N2-3M0	Lower thoracic, GEJ	AC	F	70
5	T2N0-1M0	Lower thoracic	AC	M	64
6	T3N1M0	Upper thoracic	SCC	F	74

Abbreviations: AC = adenocarcinoma; GEJ = gastroesophageal junction; SCC = squamous cell carcinoma.

^∗American Joint Committee on Cancer classification 2012.⁴²

^†Clinical tumor-node-metastasis (cTNM) stage.⁴²

^‡Lower thoracic tumor involving the GEJ.