Correlations between the sizes of lateral pelvic lymph nodes and metastases in rectal cancer patients treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy.
Soichiro IshiharaKazushige KawaiToshiaki TanakaKeisuke HataHiroaki NozawaPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2018)
The sizes of LLNs significantly correlated with patients' pathological statuses, and their accuracies for the prediction of pathological metastases were high. However, in contrast to the very high NPVs, the PPVs were low (approximately 50%).
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- locally advanced
- lymph node
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- computed tomography
- radiation therapy
- early stage
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance imaging
- patient reported outcomes