Open AccessLymphovascular invasion in rectal cancer following neoadjuvant radiotherapy: A retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Changsheng Du,
Weicheng Xue,
Yong Cai,
Ming Li,
Jin Gu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.3793
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphovascular invasion , radiation therapy , colorectal cancer , total mesorectal excision , retrospective cohort study , univariate analysis , stage (stratigraphy) , carcinoembryonic antigen , oncology , gastroenterology , multivariate analysis , cancer , surgery , metastasis , paleontology , biology
To investigate the meaning of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in rectal cancer after neoadjuvant radiotherapy.