Pathologic Complete Response implies a fewer number of lymph nodes in specimen of rectal cancer patients treated by neoadjuvant therapy and total mesorectal excision.
Bustamante-Lopez et al. https:// authors.elsevier.com/a/1XQ0k6CXNFa6 z6 … Ph.D tesis. International Journal of Surgery @IJSurgery Volume 56 , August 2018 , Pages 283-287 Pathologic complete response implies a fewer number of lymph nodes in specimen of rectal cancer patients treated by neoadjuvant therapy and total mesorectal excision Author links open overlay panel Leonardo Alfonso Bustamante-Lopez , C aio Sergio Rizkallah Nahas , Sergio Carlos Nahas , Carlos Frederico Sparapan Marques , Rodrigo Ambar Pinto , Guilherme Cutait Cotti , Antonio Rocco Imperiale , Evandro Sobroza de Mello , Ulysses Ribeiro Junior , Ivan Cecconello Department of Gastroenterology, Surgical Division, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil Highlights • Tumor regression grade is the most important factor for the decrease in the number of lymph nodes in ...