Additional file 1 of Transthoracic, thoracoabdominal, and transabdominal surgical approaches for gastric cardia adenocarcinomas: a survival evaluation based on a cohort of 7103 patients

Additional file 1: Supplemental Table S1. Comparison of lymph node variables among the three surgical approaches for 4644 GCA patients. Supplemental Figure S1. Kaplan–Meier curves comparing different surgical approaches of GCA patients in different tumor stages: (A) Stage 0 - I, (B) Stage II, (C) Stage III, and (D) Stage IV. Supplemental Figure S2. Kaplan–Meier curves comparing different surgical approaches of GCA patients in N0 stage (A) and N1 stage (B). Supplemental Figure S3. Kaplan–Meier curves comparing surgical approach of GCA patients in different periods: 1974–1999 (A); 2000–2011 (B); and 2012–2020 (C).