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Lateral lymph node dissection reduces local recurrence of locally advanced lower rectal cancer in the absence of preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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2020
unpublished
Background: The role of lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) in the treatment of locally advanced lower rectal cancer remains controversial. The present study was conducted to compare total mesorectal excision (TME) with or without LLND in clinical stage II/III lower rectal cancer.Methods: Studies published in PubMed, Embase, Ovid, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar and the ClinicalTrials.gov databases were systematically searched for studies that compared TME with or without LLND in clinical
doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-42723/v1
fatcat:cwpgb4uu2nehrkriw3vcbclx4e