Resumen de trabajo Aprobado en el Congreso Americano de Coloproctologia
Mi tesis de Doctorado en la Universidad de Sao Paulo, aprobado en el Congreso Americano de Coloproctologia, lo vamos a defender ahora en Mayo, en Hollywood Florida, junto a otros 2 trabajos del Servicio HC FMUSP P356 COMPLETE PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE IS ASSOCIATED WITH LESS THAN 12 LYMPH NODES IN THE SPECIMEN OF PATIENTS WITH RECTAL CANCER UNDERGOING NEOADJUVANT THERAPY FOLLOWED BY TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION. C. Nahas, S. Nahas, L. Bustamante, C. Marques, G. Cotti, U. Ribeiro Junior, P. Hoff, I. Cecconello, R. Salles, R. Pinto and A. Imperiale Cancer Institute of University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Purpose: To evaluate the possible factors associated with less than 12 lymph nodes (LN) harvest on patients with rectal cancer treated by neoadjuvant chemoradiation (CRT) and total mesorectal excision (TME). Methods: In one year period, 134 consecutive patients with low or mid rectal cancer stage T2N0 under risk of sphin...