On multivariate analyses, local recurrence was associated with involvement of the mesorectal fascia on restaging MRI (HR = 9.11, p = 0.001) and with pathologic involvement of radial surgical margin ...

whether your cancer has spread into blood vessels whether your cancer has spread into the sheet of tissue surrounding the rectum (mesorectal fascia) They also consider your general health and fitness ...

Tuesday was Craig's birthday, but the news he received wasn't what he had hoped for. The versatile wingman suffered the injury on Saturday night in a game against the Miami Heat. Craig had it ...

Patients with rectal cancer considered low risk with tumor-free mesorectal fascia (mrMRF), as indicated on MRI, may be able to forego neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) and be treated with surgery ...

Guidelines recommend chemoradiation (CRT) before surgery for patients with clinical stage II-III rectal cancer in order to lower the risk of locoregional recurrence, but there is a growing concern ...

91.9%; P = .012), better integrity of the mesorectal fascia, a lower circumferential resection margin positivity rate (4% vs. 7.1%; 95% CI, 6 to 0.5) and more lymph nodes harvested (median ...

Total mesorectal excision includes resection of the diseased rectum and mesorectum with non-violated mesorectal fascia (en bloc resection). Dissection along themesorectal fascia through the principle ...

The dissociation was performed meticulously between the presacral fascia and the fascia propria of the rectum ... and all steps in both groups followed the principles of tumor-specific mesorectal ...

TME involves removal of the rectum and associated lymphoid tissue as a single unit within the encasement known as the mesorectal fascia. This envelope separates the rectum and mesorectum from the ...

Their carcinomas were in the middle and lower third of the rectum that were 1 mm or less from the mesorectal fascia; all cT4 tumors; and all cT3 tumors of the lower third. Patients classified as ...