Morphological characteristics of lateral pelvic lymph nodes in locally advanced lower rectal cancer: A retrospective study.

Yushi SuzukiTakeshi SasakiHiro HasegawaKoji IkedaKoichi TeramuraYuichiro TsukadaYuji NishizawaMasaaki Ito

Published in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2022)

Metastatic LPLNs in patients with lower rectal cancer are significantly larger and have a higher aspect ratio. Lymph nodes with aspect ratios of <0.4 were metastasis negative.

Keyphrases

rectal cancer
lymph node
locally advanced
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
phase ii study
squamous cell carcinoma
sentinel lymph node
small cell lung cancer
minimally invasive
radiation therapy