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Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD July/August 2003
... cancer in BC. Our overall local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1]  compared to 4% to 8% in trials using preoperative ... radial margin involvement and to better assess lymph node involvement. Surgeons need education on technical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... 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 ... for rectal cancer in 1996 were stage 1–7%, stage 2–16%, and stage 3–27%. By comparison, using techniques of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... rates were 0% for in situ cancer, 7% for stage 1, 16% for stage 2, and 27% for stage 3 ( Figure 2 ). At 4 ... 52% of pathology reports. Local excision was performed in 16 cancers, of which 15 were T1 and one was T2. Postoperative ... 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
... rate when only events within 2 years were analyzed: 16.3% in the CRAB trial vs 8.6% in the TME trial. With this ... to safety margins, excision of the mesorectum, and lymph node dissection. Currently, global local recurrence rates of ...
Editorials / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... cancer in BC. Our overall local recurrence rates are about 16%, [1]  compared to 4% to 8% in trials using preoperative ... radial margin involvement, and better assessment of lymph node involvement. Surgeons need education on technical ...