The effects of preoperative chemoradiotherapy on lymph node sampling in rectal Cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1002-1007

  Miller, Eric D ^a   Robb, Bruce W ^a   Cummings, Oscar W ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node yield; Neoadjuvant treatment; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM RESECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 84866040221     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e3182536d70     Document Type: Article

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