Rectal cancer surgery and regional lymph nodes Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • AbstractIn patients with rectal cancer, the status of regional or mesorectal lymph nodes is central to both tumor staging and predicting local and distant recurrence. The importance of mesorectal lymph nodes in rectal cancer should inform treatment decisions around pre‐operative diagnostic imaging, surgical techniques, pathologic assessment, and the use of radiation therapy. J. Surg. Oncol. 2009;99:256–259. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

publication date

  • March 15, 2009