Open AccessDetermining the Need for Radical Surgery in Patients With T1 Rectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Harry M. Salinas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.76
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , colorectal cancer , radiology , preoperative care , lymph node , univariate analysis , total mesorectal excision , metastasis , surgery , lymph , positron emission tomography , cancer , multivariate analysis , pathology
In the era of modern preoperative staging of patients with rectal cancer, lymph node metastases can be reliably predicted by the histological features of the tumor and preoperative imaging. Local resection can then be safely offered to the patients who are at low risk of having malignant lymph nodes.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom