Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy Does Not Necessarily Reduce Lymph Node Retrieval in Rectal Cancer Specimens—Results from a Prospective Evaluation with Extensive Pathological Work-up

PURPOSE: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is supposed not only to reduce lymph node metastases but also lymph node recovery in rectal cancer specimens. The objective of this prospective study was to determine the effects of chemoradiation on mesorectal lymph node retrieval under terms of a metic...

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Autores principales: Sprenger, Thilo, Rothe, Hilka, Homayounfar, Kia, Beissbarth, Tim, Ghadimi, B. Michael, Becker, Heinz, Liersch, Torsten
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2793396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11605-009-1057-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2793396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11605-009-1057-6

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