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What elective lymph node areas do you cover for T4a rectal adenocarcinoma?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Utah School of Medicine

Here's my take: I think the spirit of this convention is really that involvement of more anterior organs raises the risk of external lymph node chain involvement. Visceral peritoneal involvement is certainly a marker for a more aggressive disease and certainly may also mean that the cancer involves ...

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