Lymph node harvest after proctectomy for invasive rectal adenocarcinoma following neoadjuvant therapy: Does the same standard apply?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-557

  Wang, Hao ^a   Safar, Bashar ^a   Wexner, Steven ^a   Zhao, RongHua ^a,b   Cruz Correa, Marcia ^c   Berho, Mariana ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Neoadjuvant therapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM RESECTION; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 85047686285     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819eb872     Document Type: Article

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