The importance of lymph node retrieval and lymph node ratio following preoperative chemoradiation of rectal cancer.

La Torre, M; Mazzuca, F; Ferri, M; Mari, F S; Botticelli, A; Pilozzi, E; Lorenzon, L; Osti, M F; Marchetti, P; Enrici, R M; Ziparo, V

La Torre, M; Mazzuca, F; Ferri, M; Mari, F S; Botticelli, A; Pilozzi, E; Lorenzon, L; Osti, M F; Marchetti, P; Enrici, R M; Ziparo, V.

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La Torre M; Surgical Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Biomedical Technologies and Translational Medicine 'La Sapienza', Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy. marco.latorre@uniroma1.it

Colorectal Dis ; 15(7): e382-8, 2013 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23581854

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Carcinoma/therapy; Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant/methods; Lymph Node Excision/methods; Lymph Nodes/pathology; Rectal Neoplasms/therapy; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Carcinoma/mortality; Carcinoma/pathology; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Humans; Lymph Nodes/surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Rectal Neoplasms/mortality; Rectal Neoplasms/pathology; Time Factors

Key words

Rectal cancer; lymph node harvest; lymph node ratio; lymph node retrieval; neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rectal Neoplasms / Carcinoma / Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant / Lymph Node Excision / Lymph Nodes Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Colorectal Dis Year: 2013 Document type: Article

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