Number of lymph nodes examined and prognosis among pathologically lymph node-negative patients after preoperative chemoradiation therapy for rectal adenocarcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3713-3722

  Tsai, Chiaojung Jillian ^a   Crane, Christopher H ^a   Skibber, John M ^a   Rodriguez Bigas, Miguel A ^a   Chang, George J ^a   Feig, Barry W ^a   Eng, Cathy ^a   Krishnan, Sunil ^a   Maru, Dipen M ^a   Das, Prajnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lymph nodes; prognostic factors; radiation therapy; rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; UFT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM RESECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 80051547880     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25973     Document Type: Article

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