Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy Might Improve the Prognosis of Patients with Locally Advanced Low Rectal Cancer and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Metastases

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• 作者：Toshiya Nagasaki ; Takashi Akiyoshi ; Yoshiya Fujimoto…
• 刊名：World Journal of Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：41
• 期：3
• 页码：876-883
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Surgery; Abdominal Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; General Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Vascular Surgery;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1432-2323
• 卷排序：41

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BackgroundPreoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is a standard treatment for locally advanced low rectal cancer (LALRC). However, the prognostic significance of CRT in patients with lateral lymph node metastasis (LLNM) is unknown. The present study aimed to examine the prognostic impact of preoperative CRT in patients with LALRC and LLNM.