Neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer down-stages the tumor but reduces lymph node harvest significantly

Surgery Today

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 442-445

  Wijesuriya, Ruwan E ^a   Deen, Kemal I ^a   Hewavisenthi, Janaki ^a   Balawardana, Jayantha ^b   Perera, Mahendra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b National Cancer Institute   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Lymph node; Neoadjuvant therapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CELL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL FIBROSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 21044439350     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2956-5     Document Type: Article

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