Therapeutic significance of D3 dissection for low rectal cancer: a comparison of dissections between the lateral pelvic lymph nodes and the lymph nodes along the root of the inferior mesenteric artery in a multicenter retrospective cohort study

ConclusionsLPLND may have more therapeutic value than 253 LND for patients with treatment-na ïve low rectal cancer, although both the patients with LPLN metastasis and those with 253 LN metastasis remained to have poor prognosis.
Source: International Journal of Colorectal Disease - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research