Predicting lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis based on magnetic resonance imaging before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced lower rectal cancer

ConclusionsWe showed that MRI-based evaluations of LPLN size were able to predict metastasis in patients who underwent NAC for LARC. This finding might be useful when considering selective LPLN dissection in NAC cases.
Source: Surgery Today - Category: Surgery Source Type: research