Open AccessA Prospective Pathologic Analysis Using Whole-Mount Sections of Rectal Cancer Following Preoperative Combined Modality Therapy
Author(s) -
José G. Guillem,
David B. Chessin,
Jinru Shia,
Arief A. Suriawinata,
Elyn Riedel,
Harvey G. Moore,
Bruce D. Minsky,
W. Douglas Wong
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000232540.82364.43
Subject(s) - medicine , mount , prospective cohort study , colorectal cancer , modality (human–computer interaction) , adjunct , radiology , cancer , surgery , artificial intelligence , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , operating system
The aims of this study were to use a comprehensive whole-mount pathologic analysis to characterize microscopic patterns of residual disease, as well as circumferential and distal resection margins, in rectal cancer treated with preoperative CMT; and to identify clinicopathologic factors associated with residual disease.