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Reduced Lymph Node Yield in Rectal Carcinoma Specimen After Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy Has No Prognostic Relevance

Dietrich Doll, Ralf Gertler, Matthias Maak, Jan Friederichs, Karen Becker, Hans Geinitz, Monika Kriner, H. Nekarda, J. R. Siewert, Robert Rosenberg

World Journal of Surgery · 2008 · 86 citations · 44 references

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The UICC/AJCC criterion of a total lymph node yield of 12 or more should be revised for rectal carcinoma patients.

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Cancer Statistics, 2007

Ahmedin Jemal, Rebecca L. Siegel, Elizabeth Ward et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians · 2007 · 7.5K citations · Full text

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Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

Rolf Sauer, Heinz Becker, Werner Hohenberger et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 6K citations

Preoperative Radiotherapy Combined with Total Mesorectal Excision for Resectable Rectal Cancer

Ellen Kapiteijn, Corrie A.M. Marijnen, Irıs D. Nagtegaal et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2001 · 4.2K citations · Full text

TNM classification of malignant tumours

A.M. Cassoni · Clinical Oncology · 1998 · 1.2K citations

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Improving Adjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer by Combining Protracted-Infusion Fluorouracil with Radiation Therapy after Curative Surgery

Michael J. O’Connell, James A. Martenson, Harry S. Wieand et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1994 · 1.1K citations · Full text