Abstract:Objective To evaluate the effect of adjuvant therapy on the survival status of stage N1 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after surgical treatment. Methods Totally 136 patients with stage N1 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in our hospital from March 2009 to February 2013 were selected, and divided into simple operation group (57 cases) and adjuvant therapy group (79 cases) according to the treatment regimen. The survival status of the two groups was compared, and the clinical data of the patients were analyzed by univariate and multivariate COX proportional hazards model. Results The median disease-free survival time and median overall survival time of the patients in the adjuvant therapy group were significantly longer than those in the simple surgery group (P < 0.05). The median survival time was shorter in the male patients and the patients with ECOG score >2 points, tumor diameter >5 cm, poor differentiation, preoperative hemoglobin >135 g/L, cervical anastomosis, lymph node metastasis, vascular tumor embolus, nerve invasion or non-adjuvant therapy (P < 0.05), and multiple factors were associated with survival status of the patients after surgical treatment for stage N1 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (P < 0.05). ECOG score >2 points, poor differentiation, and no adjuvant therapy were the risk factors of the survival status of the patients with stage N1 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after surgical treatment (P < 0.05). Conclusions Adjuvant therapy can prolong the survival time of the patients with stage N1 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after surgical treatment, and is an independent risk factor affecting the survival of the patients.