Infrapyloric lymph node dissection in right hemicolectomy for colon cancer: Should prophylactic resection be recommended?

Yueming SunDongsheng ZhangYifei FengYong WangZiwei XuJunwei TangYuanjian HuangChuan Zhang

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)

Given the low rate of infrapyloric lymph node metastasis in right colon cancer, lymph node dissection is recommended in patients with locally advanced colon cancer at the hepatic flexure and those with suspected infrapyloric lymph node metastasis.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
locally advanced
papillary thyroid
lymph node
sentinel lymph node
radical prostatectomy
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
robot assisted
prostate cancer
radiation therapy
phase ii study
early stage
open label