Negative lymph node count is an independent prognostic factor for patients with rectal cancer who received preoperative radiotherapy

BACKGROUND: Negative lymph node (NLN) count has been reported to provide more accurate prognostic information than the N stage alone in patients with rectal cancer (RC). Since preoperative radiotherapy (Pre-RT) can significantly affect the LN status, it is unclear whether NLN count still has prognos...

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Autores principales: Li, Xinxing, Lu, Hao, Xu, Kai, Wang, Haolu, Liang, Xiaowen, Hu, Zhiqian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5370465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28351352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3222-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5370465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28351352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3222-8

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