Baseline MRI detected lateral lymph node as a prognostic factor: a cohort study in pN0 low-risk rectal cancer.
Rui-Jia SunLin WangXiao-Ting LiQiao-Yuan LuXiao-Yan ZhangZhen GuanYing-Shi SunPublished in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2019)
For low-risk rectal cancers without neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy, the presence of MR-LLN is associated with poor prognosis. The pN0-LLN(+) SA ≥ 8 mm patients might be concerned as pN2 patients and receive more intensive neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment.
Keyphrases
- rectal cancer
- prognostic factors
- lymph node
- locally advanced
- poor prognosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- early stage
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- drug delivery
- young adults
- radiation induced
- sentinel lymph node