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Treating patients with advanced rectal cancer and lateral pelvic lymph nodes with preoperative chemoradiotherapy based on pretreatment imaging

Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and lateral pelvic lymph node (LPLN) dissection (LPLD) based on pretreatment imaging are performed to improve oncological outcomes at our institution. However, the advantage of LPLD following preoperative CRT in advanced rectal cancer remains unclear. The objecti...

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Autores principales: Otowa, Yasunori, Yamashita, Kimihiro, Kanemitsu, Kiyonori, Sumi, Yasuo, Yamamoto, Masashi, Kanaji, Shingo, Imanishi, Tatsuya, Nakamura, Tetsu, Suzuki, Satoshi, Tanaka, Kenichi, Kakeji, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26604786
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S89752