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Lateral lymph node dissection reduces local recurrence of locally advanced lower rectal cancer in the absence of preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: The impact of lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) in locally advanced lower rectal cancer remains controversial. This study is to compare total mesorectal excision (TME) with or without LLND in lower rectal cancer cases of stage II/III. METHODS: The electronic databases were systematica...

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Autores principales: Gao, Xiang, Wang, Cun, Yu, Yongyang, Singh, Dujanand, Yang, Lie, Zhou, Zongguang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7685653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33228677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-020-02078-1