Total mesorectal excision results in low local recurrence rates in lymph node-positive rectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1145-1150

  Cecil, Thomas D ^a   Sexton, Rosemary ^a   Moran, Brendan J ^a   Heald, Richard J ^a  

^a NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local recurrence; Lymph node involvement; Rectal cancer; Rectal neoplasm; Total mesorectal excision

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DUKE A RECTAL CANCER; DUKE B RECTAL CANCER; DUKE C RECTAL CANCER; DUKE STAGING; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; INTERNAL ILIAC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; RECURRENCE RISK; TOTAL MESORECTUM EXCISION;

EID: 3042699803     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0086-6     Document Type: Article

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