The effect of preoperative chemoradiotherapy on lymph nodes harvested in TME for rectal cancer

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Scabini, Stefano ^a,b   Montecucco, Fabrizio ^c   Nencioni, Alessio ^d   Zoppoli, Gabriele ^d   Sartini, Marina ^d   Rimini, Edoardo ^a   Massobrio, Andrea ^a   De Marini, Luisito ^a   Poggi, Alessandro ^a   Boaretto, Roberto ^a   Romairone, Emanuele ^a   Ballestrero, Alberto ^d   Ferrando, Valter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Lymph nodes; Neoadjuvant; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84887804425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-292     Document Type: Article

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