Increased number of negative lymph nodes is associated with improved cancer specific survival in pathological IIIB and IIIC rectal cancer treated with preoperative radiotherapy

Preoperative radiation significantly decreases the number of retrieved lymph nodes (LNs) in rectal cancer, but little is known with respect to the prognostic significance of negative LN (NLN) counts under these circumstances. In this study, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER)-...

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Autores principales: Li, Qingguo, Zhuo, Changhua, Cai, Guoxiang, Li, Dawei, Liang, Lei, Cai, Sanjun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2014
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Clinical Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25514596

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