%0 Journal Article %T Tumor location is an independent predictive factor for distant metastasis and metastatic sites of rectal adenocarcinoma in patients receiving total mesorectal excision %A Chien-Hsin Chen %A En-Kwang Lin %A Mao-Chih Hsieh %A Ping-Kun Hsiao %A Szu-Yuan Wu %A Yen-Jung Lu %J Journal of Cancer %D 2018 %I Ivyspring International Publisher %R 10.7150/jca.21202 %X Background and Objectives: To evaluate the predictive factor for and patterns of distant metastasis in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma receiving total mesorectal excision (TME). %K Rectal adenocarcinoma %K total mesorectal excision %K distant metastasis %U http://www.jcancer.org/v09p0950.htm