The importance of lymph node retrieval and lymph node ratio following preoperative chemoradiation of rectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  La Torre, M ^a   Mazzuca, F ^a   Ferri, M ^a   Mari, F S ^a   Botticelli, A ^a   Pilozzi, E ^a   Lorenzon, L ^a   Osti, M F ^a   Marchetti, P ^a   Enrici, R M ^a   Ziparo, V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymph node harvest; Lymph node ratio; Lymph node retrieval; Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE RATIO; LYMPH NODE RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMBER OF EXAMINED LYMPH NODE; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM CANCER;

LYMPH NODE HARVEST; LYMPH NODE RATIO; LYMPH NODE RETRIEVAL; NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881019410     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12242     Document Type: Article

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