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Perineural Invasion Is a Prognostic Factor and Treatment Indicator in Patients with Rectal Cancer Undergoing Curative Surgery: 2000-2011 Data from a Single-center Study

Tetsushi Kinugasa, Tomoaki Mizobe, Sachiko Shiraiwa, Yoshito Akagi, Kazuo Shirouzu

Anticancer Research · 2017 · 23 citations · 38 references

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PNI was a significant prognostic factor in rectal cancer, and the PNI status in primary rectal cancer pathology specimens should be considered for therapy stratification.

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Cancer survival in Europe 1999–2007 by country and age: results of EUROCARE-5—a population-based study

Roberta De Angelis, Milena Sant, Michel P. Coleman et al. · The Lancet Oncology · 2013 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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The classification of cancer of the rectum

Cuthbert Dukes · The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology · 1932 · 1.5K citations

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THE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF DIRECT EXTENSION OF CARCINOMA OF THE COLON AND RECTUM

Vernon B. Astler, Frederick A. Coller · Annals of Surgery · 1954 · 1.1K citations

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Total mesorectal excision in the operative treatment of carcinoma of the rectum.

Warren E. Enker, Howard T. Thaler, Milicent L. Cranor et al. · PubMed · 1995 · 773 citations

A NEW PROGNOSTIC CLASSIFICATION OF RECTAL CANCER

Jeremy R. Jass, Sharon Love, J M A Northover · The Lancet · 1987 · 701 citations · Full text

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