Impact of adequate lymph nodes dissection on survival in patients with stage I rectal cancer

Background and AimsThe NCCN guidelines recommended an assessment of ≥ 12 lymph nodes (LN) as an adequate LN dissection (LND) for rectal cancer (RC). However, the impact of adequate LND on survival in stage I RC patients remained unclear. Thus, we aimed to compare the survival between stage I RC pati...

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Main Authors: Peng-Lin Liu, Dan-Dan Wang, Cheng-Jian Pang, Li-Ze Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.985324/full