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Is prophylactic lateral lymph node dissection needed for lower rectal cancer? A single-center retrospective study

BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of prophylactic lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) in treating patients with lower rectal cancer remains controversial and has not been clearly established. Therefore, we aimed to retrospectively analyze the survival impact of prophylactic LLND in patients with lower...

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Autores principales: Kondo, Hiroka, Yamaguchi, Shigeki, Hirano, Yasumitsu, Aikawa, Masayasu, Sato, Hiroshi, Okamoto, Kojun, Sakuramoto, Shinichi, Koyama, Isamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34039328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01263-7