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Lymph node retrieval in abdominoperineal surgical specimen is radiation time-dependent

BACKGROUND: A low yield of lymph nodes (LN) in abdominoperineal resection (APR) specimen has been associated with preoperative radiation therapy (XRT) in population-based studies, which may preclude adequate staging of anorectal carcinomas. We hypothesized that the number of LN retrieved in APR spec...

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Autores principales: Sermier, Alain, Gervaz, Pascal, Egger, Jean F, Dao, My, Allal, Abdelkarim S, Bonet, Marta, Morel, Philippe
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1524768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16749931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-4-29