Clinical impact of lymph node status in rectal cancer

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Colombo, P E ^a   Patani, N ^b   Bibeau, F ^a   Assenat, E ^a   Bertrand, M M ^a   Senesse, P ^a   Rouanet, P ^a  

^a CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^b Specialty Registrar in General Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Endorectal ultrasound; Lymph node; MRI; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Staging; Trans anal resection

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; EXCISION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80053638582     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: 18793320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2011.08.004     Document Type: Review

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