Lymph Node Retrieval after Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1573-1580

  Damin, Daniel C ^a,b   Rosito, Mário A ^a   Contu, Paulo C ^a   Tarta, Cláudio ^a   Ferreira, Paulo R ^b   Kliemann, Lucia M ^a   Schwartsmann, Gilberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Preoperative radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864090238     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-1916-4     Document Type: Article

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