Lymph Nodes With Germinal Centers Are Not Associated With Tumor Response After Neoadjuvant Treatment in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

• Main Authors: Ihsane El Otmani (Author), Boubacar Effared (Author), Fatima El Agy (Author), Mohammed El Abkari (Author), Khalid Mazaz (Author), El Bachir Benjelloun (Author), Abdelmalek Ousadden (Author), Zineb Benbrahim (Author), Touria Bouhafa (Author), Laila Chbani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, neoadjuvant radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy followed by total mesorectal excision as a standard of care. We aimed to explore the number, size, germinal centers, extracapsular invasion of lymph nodes (LN), and their impact on overall survival and dis...