A novel risk-scoring system for predicting lymph node metastasis of rectal neuroendocrine tumors.

Akihito Kawazoe Jun WatanabeKingo HirasawaYoshiaki InayamaToshihiro MisumiChikara KunisakiItraru Endo

Published in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2020)

The risk-scoring system for LNM of rectal NETs showed high diagnostic performance. Using this risk-scoring system, it is possible to predict the risk of LNM and thereby potentially avoid unnecessary surgery. Further prospective external validation studies should be performed. The study was registered in the Japanese Clinical Trials Registry as UMIN000036658.

Keyphrases

lymph node metastasis
clinical trial
neuroendocrine tumors
minimally invasive
randomized controlled trial
acute coronary syndrome
papillary thyroid
atrial fibrillation
open label
percutaneous coronary intervention