Optimal diagnostic criteria for lateral lymph node dissection using magnetic resonance imaging: a multicenter prospective study.

Kazushige KawaiAkio ShiomiTakuya MiuraKeisuke UeharaJun WatanabeShinsuke KazamaHideki UenoKazuhiro SakamotoYusuke KinugasaKeiichi TakahashiKoya HidaMadoka HamadaSoichiro IshiharaKenichi Sugihara

Published in: ANZ journal of surgery (2022)

In conclusion, we established novel criteria for LLND in rectal cancer patients using MRI. Our criteria will be of great clinical use in determining indications for LLND.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
rectal cancer
lymph node
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
radical prostatectomy
minimally invasive
locally advanced
magnetic resonance
double blind
early stage
neoadjuvant chemotherapy