Prevalence of nodal involvement in rectal cancer after chemoradiotherapy.
H E HaakGeerard L O BeetsK PeetersP J NelemansV ValentiniC RödelL KuoF A CalvoJ Garcia-AguilarR Glynne-JonesSalvatore PucciarelliJ SuarezG TheodoropoulosSebastiano BiondoD M J LambregtsR G H Beets-TanMonique MaasPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2021)
Risk of nodal metastases (ypN+) after chemoradiotherapy increases with advancing ypT category and needs to be considered if an organ-preserving strategy is contemplated.