Oncological outcomes of lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) for locally advanced rectal cancer: is LLND alone sufficient?

Atsushi IshibeJun WatanabeYusuke SuwaShinsuke SuzukiKazuya NakagawaHirokazu SuwaMayumi OzawaMitsuyoshi OtaShoichi FujiiHideyuki IkeYasushi IchikawaItaru Endo

Published in: International journal of colorectal disease (2020)

Although patients with locally advanced lower rectal cancer who received LLND had a good prognosis, LLND alone was insufficient to control local recurrence in patients with metastatic lateral nodes.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
locally advanced
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
phase ii study
minimally invasive
sentinel lymph node
type diabetes
radiation therapy
early stage
adipose tissue