Liver Resection for Multiple Colorectal Metastases
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- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 137 (10) , 1187-1192
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.137.10.1187
Abstract
CARCINOMA OF the colon is the third most common malignancy in Western countries, and its incidence is increasing.1 One third of patients with colorectal cancer develop liver metastases during the course of the disease.2 The natural course of unresected colorectal hepatic metastases carries a median survival time of less than 1 year, and there are almost no survivors 3 years after diagnosis.3-5 Liver resection is the only effective therapeutic approach that offers a chance of long-term survival of 25% up to 39% after 5 years.5-8Keywords
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