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Table 2 Treatments and outcomes of the four reported cases of isolated LLN metastasis from a T1 rectal cancer

From: Lateral lymph node metastasis in a patient with T1 upper rectal cancer treated by lateral lymph node dissection: a case report and brief literature review

Case

Time after 1st surgery (months)

Treatment

Bilateral or unilateral LLND

Chemotherapy after LLLD

Outcome and time after LLND (months)

1

22

Extended LLND

Unilateral

None

Alive

2

Synchronous

Extended LLND

Unilateral

5-Fluorouracil

Alive

3

6

Extended LLND

Unilateral

None

Alive

4

Synchronous

Extended LLND

Unilateral

Tegafur-uracil + leucovorin

Alive

5

6

LLND

Unilateral

FOLFOX

Alive

  1. LLND lateral lymph node dissection, FOLFOX fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin