[1]Chinese Acad Med Sci, Canc Inst & Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg Oncol, Beijing 100021, Peoples R China;
[2]Peking Union Med Coll, Natl Canc Ctr, Beijing 100021, Peoples R China;
[3]Tianjin Med Univ, Key Lab Canc Prevent & Therapy, Dept Esophageal Canc, Natl Clin Res Ctr Canc,Canc Inst & Hosp, Tianjin 300060, Peoples R China;
[4]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Chao Yang Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Beijing 100020, Peoples R China;
[5]Jiao Tong Univ, Shanghai Chest Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Shanghai 200030, Peoples R China;
[6]Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Surg Oncol, Houston, TX 77030 USA;
[7]Stanford Univ, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, Stanford, CA USA;
[8]Indiana Univ Sch Med, Dept Surg, Div Cardiothorac Surg, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA;
[9]Fujian Med Univ, Union Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Fuzhou 350001, Fujian, Peoples R China;
[10]Fudan Univ, Shanghai Canc Ctr, Dept Thorac Surg, Shanghai 200032, Peoples R China;
[11]Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Amsterdam, Netherlands;
[12]Aix Marseille Univ, North Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Marseille, France;
[13]Univ Sydney, Nepean Hosp, Discipline Surg, Whiteley Martin Res Ctr, Kingswood, NSW, Australia;
[14]Sun Yat Sen Univ, Canc Ctr, Dept Thorac Surg, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China;
[15]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Tongji Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Wuhan 430030, Hubei, Peoples R China;
[16]Guangzhou Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Thorac Surg, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, Peoples R China;
[17]Guangzhou Inst Resp Dis, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, Peoples R China;
[18]China State Key Lab Resp Dis, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, Peoples R China;
[19]Natl Clin Res Ctr Resp Dis, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, Peoples R China;
[20]Kunming Med Univ, Yunnan Tumor Hosp, Affiliated Hosp 3, Dept Thorac & Cardiovasc Surg, Kunming 650118, Yunnan, Peoples R China;
[21]Tongji Univ, Shanghai Pulm Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China;
[22]Shandong Univ, Shandong Prov Qianfoshan Hosp, Jinan 250014, Shandong, Peoples R China;
[23]City Hope Canc Ctr, Div Thorac Surg, Dept Surg, Duarte, CA USA;
[24]Peking Union Med Coll Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China;
[25]China & Japan Friendship Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China;
[26]Chinese Acad Med, Peking Union Med Coll Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China;
[27]Sichuan Univ, West China Hosp, Dept Cardiovasc & Thorac Surg, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Peoples R China;
[28]Liaoning Canc Hosp & Inst, Dept Thorac Surg, Shenyang 110042, Liaoning, Peoples R China;
[29]Fourth Mil Med Univ, Tangdu Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Xian 710038, Shaanxi, Peoples R China;
[30]Henan Canc Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Zhengzhou 450008, Henan, Peoples R China;
[31]Zhejiang Canc Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Hangzhou 310022, Zhejiang, Peoples R China;
[32]Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Surg, Thorac Surg Serv, Esophageal Surg, Los Angeles, CA USA;
[33]Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Div Thorac Surg, Boston, MA 02114 USA;
[34]Univ Hosp Salamanca, Thorac Surg Serv, Salamanca, Spain;
[35]Fudan Univ, Shanghai Zhongshan Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Shanghai 200032, Peoples R China;
[36]Third Mil Med Univ, Daping Hosp, Inst Surg Res, Dept Thorac Surg, Chongqing 400042, Peoples R China;
[37]Istanbul Univ, Istanbul Med Sch, Dept Thorac Surg, Istanbul, Turkey;
[38]Jilin Univ, Hosp 2, Dept Thorac Surg, Changchun 130041, Jilin, Peoples R China;
[39]Univ Tennessee, Ctr Hlth Sci, Div Thorac Surg, Memphis, TN 38163 USA;
[40]Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Canc Hosp, Jiangsu Key Lab Mol & Translat Canc Res, Dept Thorac Surg,Canc Inst Jiangsu Prov, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, Peoples R China;
[41]Harbin Med Univ, Canc Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China;
[42]Peking Univ, Hosp 3, Dept Thorac Surg, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China;
[43]Tianjin Chest Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Tianjin 300051, Peoples R China;
[44]Xinjiang Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Thorac Surg, Urumqi 830054, Peoples R China;
[45]Capital Med Univ, Xuanwu Hosp, Dept Thorac Surg, Beijing 100053, Peoples R China;
[46]Sichuan Univ, West China Hosp, Dept Lung Canc Ctr, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Peoples R China