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What is the role of lateral lymph node dissection in rectal cancer patients with clinically suspected lateral lymph node metastasis after preoperative chemoradiotherapy? A meta‐analysis and systematic review

BACKGROUND: Local lateral recurrence (LLR) in rectal cancer is increasingly becoming a significant clinical issue. Preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) and lateral lymph node dissection (LLND)—when each approach is separately executed—cannot cure lateral lymph node metastasis (LLNM). He...

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Autores principales: Yang, Xuyang, Yang, Shuo, Hu, Tao, Gu, Chaoyang, Wei, Mingtian, Deng, Xiangbing, Wang, Ziqiang, Zhou, Zongguang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7333827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32352659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2643