Malignant Features in Pretreatment Metastatic Lateral Lymph Nodes in Locally Advanced Low Rectal Cancer Predict Distant Metastases.
Hidde M KroonNagendra N Dudi-VenkataSergei BedrikovetskiJianliang LiuAnouck HaanappelAtsushi OguraCornelis J H van de VeldeHarm J T RuttenGeerard L O BeetsMichelle L ThomasMiranda KustersTarik SammourPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2021)
The current study suggests that pretreatment enlarged LLN that also harbor malignant features are predictive of a worse DMFS. More studies will be required to further explore the role of malignant features in LLN.