Mesorectal Excision With or Without Lateral Lymph Node Dissection for Clinical Stage II/III Lower Rectal Cancer (JCOG0212)

Fujita, Shin; Mizusawa, Junki; Kanemitsu, Yukihide; Ito, Masaaki; Kinugasa, Yusuke; Komori, Koji; Ohue, Masayuki; Ota, Mitsuyoshi; Akazai, Yoshihiro; Shiozawa, Manabu; Yamaguchi, Takashi; Bandou, Hiroyuki; Katsumata, Kenji; Murata, Kohei; Akagi, Yoshihito; Takiguchi, Nobuhiro; Saida, Yoshihisa; Nakamura, Kenichi; Fukuda, Haruhiko; Akasu, Takayuki; Moriya, Yoshihiro

doi:10.1097/sla.0000000000002212

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Mesorectal Excision With or Without Lateral Lymph Node Dissection for Clinical Stage II/III Lower Rectal Cancer (JCOG0212)

Published in Annals of Surgery • Mar 11, 2017

Authors:

Shin Fujita

Junki Mizusawa

Yukihide Kanemitsu

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to confirm the noninferiority of mesorectal excision (ME) alone to ME with lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) in terms of efficacy. BACKGROUND: Lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis is occasionally found in clinical stage II or III lower rectal cancer, and ME wit...

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Medicine

Total mesorectal excision

Rectum

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