Radiation Therapy Dose Escalation to Clinically Involved Pelvic Sidewall Lymph Nodes in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Radiation Therapy Dose Escalation to Clinically Involved Pelvic Sidewall Lymph Nodes in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Purpose: Lateral pelvic sidewall lymph nodes (PSW LN) may be involved in up to 24% of locoregionally advanced rectal cancers. PSW LN are not resected in total mesorectal excision (TME), and no standard of care regarding the management of PSW LN exists in the United States. We assessed our institutio...

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Main Authors: Pehr E. Hartvigson, MD, Smith Apisarnthanarax, MD, Stephanie Schaub, MD, Stacey Cohen, MD, Greta Bernier, MD, Wui-Jin Koh, MD, Edward Y. Kim, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109419300375

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