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Effect of Lymph Node Count on Pathological Stage III Rectal Cancer with Preoperative Radiotherapy.


ABSTRACT: Lymph node (LN) status after surgery for rectal cancer is affected by preoperative radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to perform a population-based evaluation of the impact of pathologic LN status after neoadjuvant radiotherapy on survival. A total of 1,650 patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy in Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER)-registered ypIII stage rectal cancer was analyzed. We identified the optimal cutoff for retrieved LNs as 10 (χ2 = 14.006, P < 0.001), which was validated as an independent prognosis factors in a Cox regression model. Further analysis showed that the LN count was only a prognosis factor with the number from 8 to 16(except for 13).After the number 16, the 5-year survival rate decreased gradually. Collectively, our results confirmed that the number of LNs in yp III stage rectal patients was a prognosis factor only with the numbers from 8 to 16(except for 13). Using the total mesorectal excision technique with an adequate pathologic examination, a large number of LNs retrieved (≥17) might indicate worse tumor response grade and poorer survival.

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4652213 | biostudies-other | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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