Lateral pelvic lymph nodes (LPLN) are a major site for local recurrence following curative
resection for low locally advanced rectal cancer. Ongoing advances in imaging techniques …

Significant controversies exist with regards to the optimal management of lateral pelvic
lymph nodes metastases (mLLN) in patients with low rectal cancer. The differing views held …

Background Lateral lymph node (LLN) metastasis is a major cause of local recurrence of
advanced rectal cancer. Although there is much controversy between Western and Eastern …

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the clinical relevance of lateral pelvic
lymph node dissection (LPLND) in low rectal cancer without preoperative treatment, with a …

The presence of lateral pelvic lymph nodes (LPLN) in advanced rectal cancer entails
challenges with ongoing debate regarding the role of prophylactic dissection vs …

Background The significance of lateral pelvic lymph node (LPLN) metastasis in advanced
low rectal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) remains unclear. The …

Purpose Lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis occurs in 15 to 20% of patients with locally
advanced low rectal cancer which increases risk of local recurrence and reduced survival …

Surgeons in the Eastern countries, particularly Japan, have blamed the lateral pelvic lymph
nodes (LPLN) as the major source of local recurrence in patients with mid/low rectal cancer …

Objective: To evaluate whether lateral pelvic lymph nodes (LNs) in low rectal cancer are
metastatic disease or part of regional LNs that are amenable to curative resection …

Lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis is an important metastatic mode and a major cause of
locoregional recurrence of mid-low rectal cancer. Recently, there is an East-West …