TY - CHAP
T1 - Lateral lymph node dissection in rectal cancer
AU - Sluckin, Tania C.
AU - Hazen, Sanne-Marije J. A.
AU - Akiyoshi, Takashi
AU - Kusters, Miranda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - This chapter describes the clinical significance of lateral nodal disease for patients with (distal) rectal cancer. It highlights the differences in the traditional treatment of rectal cancer between Eastern and Western physicians with regard to imaging, neoadjuvant treatment, and the indications for a lateral lymph node dissection; a procedure which is described in detail toward the end of this chapter.
AB - This chapter describes the clinical significance of lateral nodal disease for patients with (distal) rectal cancer. It highlights the differences in the traditional treatment of rectal cancer between Eastern and Western physicians with regard to imaging, neoadjuvant treatment, and the indications for a lateral lymph node dissection; a procedure which is described in detail toward the end of this chapter.
KW - Distal rectal cancer
KW - Imaging
KW - Lateral lymph node dissection
KW - Lateral lymph node(s)
KW - Neoadjuvant treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85131467849&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-824297-1.00016-6
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-824297-1.00016-6
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780128242988
T3 - The Lymphatic System in Colorectal Cancer: Basic Concepts, Pathology, Imaging, and Treatment Perspectives
SP - 227
EP - 243
BT - The Lymphatic System in Colorectal Cancer
PB - Elsevier
ER -