Lymph node yield after rectal resection in patients treated with neoadjuvant radiation for rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The lymph node status represents a major prognostic factor in colorectal cancer. However, it was demonstrated that neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) decreases the numbers of lymph nodes in the specimen. Several studies describe less than 12 lymph nodes in the resected specimen of rectal cancer pat...

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Published in:	European journal of cancer (1990) Vol. 72; pp. 84 - 94
Main Authors:	Mechera, Robert, Schuster, Tibor, Rosenberg, Robert, Speich, Benjamin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2017 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Background radiation Cancer Chemoradiotherapy Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant - methods Chemotherapy Colorectal cancer Colorectal carcinoma Confidence intervals Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Lymph Node Excision - statistics & numerical data Lymph nodes Lymph Nodes - pathology Lymphatic system Meta-analysis Neoadjuvant Neoadjuvant Therapy Patients Preoperative Prognosis Radiation Radiation therapy Radiochemotherapy Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Adjuvant Rectal cancer Rectal Neoplasms - pathology Rectal Neoplasms - therapy Rectum Reduction Chemotherapy Rectal cancer Radiation Radiochemotherapy Neoadjuvant Preoperative Radiotherapy Lymph nodes
ISSN:	0959-8049, 1879-0852
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