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Clinical Articles / BY: Amil Shah, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP May 2000
... cancer is modest, with an overall tumor response rate of 10% to 15% and no convincing evidence that treatment prolongs ... At present, transmural extension of rectal cancer or lymph node metastasis for rectal and colon cancers are the major ... lymphatic invasion); techniques for detecting occult lymph node metastasis (immunoperoxidase staining for cytoker-atin ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Greg McGregor, MD, FRCSC May 2000
... and distal resection margins for colon cancer should be 10 cm. Tumors adhering to surrounding structures should be ... wall and the presence or absence of perirectal lymph node metastases to assess the advisability of local excision. ... and the salvage liver resection, presence of lymph node metastases, and presence of multiple liver metastases. ...