Is Lateral Lymph Node Dissection Necessary for Node Size <5 mm After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation?

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¹ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

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Xubing Zhang et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;63(4):e41-e42.

doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001637.

¹ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

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Chang GJ, Holliday EB, Malakorn S. Chang GJ, et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2020 Apr;63(4):e43. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001636. Dis Colon Rectum. 2020. PMID: 32132468 No abstract available.

Who Should Get Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation?
Malakorn S, Yang Y, Bednarski BK, Kaur H, You YN, Holliday EB, Dasari A, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Chang GJ. Malakorn S, et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2019 Oct;62(10):1158-1166. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001465. Dis Colon Rectum. 2019. PMID: 31490825

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