Lymph Node Size Alone Is Not an Accurate Predictor of Metastases in Rectal Cancer: A Node-for-Node Comparative Study of Specimens and Histology

Although size criteria have been proposed to identify lymph node metastases in patients with rectal cancer, size may not be an accurate predictor. Specimens from consecutive rectal cancer patients who underwent curative-intent radical surgery were examined. The long and short axes of lymph nodes wer...

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