Increased lymph node yield indicates improved survival in locally advanced rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Yaqi WangMenglong ZhouJianing YangXiaoyang SunWei ZouZhiyuan ZhangJing ZhangLijun ShenLifeng YangZhen ZhangPublished in: Cancer medicine (2019)
For LARC patients treated with neo-CRT, an LNY of at least 12 indicated an improved survival. Decreased LNY was not related to better tumor regression. It suggests that a sufficiently high LNY is still required, especially in those with a potentially poor tumor response.