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

Abstract 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 (L...

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Main Authors: Xuyang Yang, Shuo Yang, Tao Hu, Chaoyang Gu, Mingtian Wei, Xiangbing Deng, Ziqiang Wang, Zongguang Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2643