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Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... inconsistent despite recommendations that assessment of 12 or more nodes was required to assure accuracy of a metastatic node-negative stage. [9] The main aim of this study is to ... tumor to radial margin. • Minimum distance from lymph node to circumferential margin. • Lymphatic or vascular ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... given in 11 patients. Two patients had local recurrence (12.5%). One patient who had local recurrence received ... resulted in decrease in local recurrence from 27% to 12% and increased 5-year survival from 48% to 58%. [8]  A ... lymph nodes to determine that there are no regional lymph node metastases. [14,15]  However, the average number of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C.J.H. van de Velde, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCPS September 2003
... concordance with the report of Martling and colleagues. [12]  In this analysis a comparison was made between the ... to safety margins, excision of the mesorectum, and lymph node dissection. Currently, global local recurrence rates of ...