Clinical evaluation of the lateral lymph node dissection for the treatment of advanced lower rectal cancers

• Published in: Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 837 - 845
• Main Authors: RINO, Yasushi, MASUDA, Munetaka, AKAIKE, Makoto, WATANABE, Tokuo, MIKAYAMA, You, SHIOZAWA, Manabu, TAMURA, Shuzo, MORINAGA, Soichiro, YAMAMOTO, Naoto, TAMAGAWA, Hiroshi, YUKAWA, Norio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Japan Surgical Association 2011
• Subjects: clinicopathological feature; lateral lymph node dissection; lower rectal cancer; prognosis of rectal cancer

[Methogs & Subjects] A total of 225 cases of advanced lower rectal cancer with the pathologic depth of tumor invasion of A or deeper treated by curative resection from 1990 to 2007 were enrolloed in this study examining correlations between clinicopathological features and therapeutic outcomes....