title: Nodal metastases in rectal cancer: the role of surgery in outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Division of General Surgery, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome