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Relevance of Pelvic Side Wall Nodal
Involvement
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MERCURY study, n=325, 11.7%
with MRI suspicious PSW nodes
MERCURY study group. Br J Surg 2011; 98: 1798-804
70.7%
42%
Lower DFS in patients with
suspicious PSW nodes BUT
Presence of suspicious nodes
had no impact in patients
undergoing pre-operative CRT
Presence of suspicious PSW
nodes not an independent
prognostic variable