| Literature DB >> 22693391 |
Samir Pathak1, Graeme J Poston.
Abstract
Colorectal cancer is the most common gastrointestinal malignancy. When metastases occurs, it most frequently occurs in the liver. Median survival without any treatment is poor, and until recently only a subset of patients were amenable to any form of surgical therapy. The following article aims to examine recent strategies used to increase the cohort of patients coming to curative oncological surgery.Entities:
Keywords: Ablation; Colorectal metastases; Colorectal neoplasm; Metastases
Year: 2011 PMID: 22693391 PMCID: PMC3244253 DOI: 10.1007/s13193-011-0066-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Surg Oncol ISSN: 0975-7651