Comparison of three classifications for lymph node evaluation in patients undergoing total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.

Johannes FritzmannPietro ContinChristoph ReissfelderMarkus W BüchlerJürgen WeitzNuh N RahbariAlexis B Ulrich

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2018)

The evaluated lymph node classifications were of comparable prognostic utility in patients with rectal cancer. The LNR did not provide prognostic information in addition to the N stage of the TNM classifications.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
lymph node
locally advanced
patients undergoing
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
sentinel lymph node
health information
clinical evaluation