The assessment of risk factors for long-term survival outcome in ypN0 patients with rectal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy and radical anterior resection

Abstract Background The main negative prognostic factors in patients with rectal cancer after radical treatment include regional lymph node involvement, lymphovascular invasion, and perineural invasion. However, some patients still develop cancer recurrence despite the absence of the above risk fact...

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Main Authors: Marcin Zeman, Marek Czarnecki, Ewa Chmielik, Adam Idasiak, Władysław Skałba, Mirosław Strączyński, Piotr J. Paul, Agnieszka Czarniecka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-021-02262-x