Solitary colorectal liver metastasis after curative intent surgery: prognostic factors affecting outcomes and survival
ConclusionPatients who underwent a curative resection for CRC with a single liver metastasis had a relatively favourable prognosis; in these patients, node positivity and no adjuvant chemotherapy were independent prognostic factors for OS. Furthermore, a high serum carcinoembryonic antigen concentration at the time of recurrence, the treatment type after recurrence (chemotherapy or no treatment) and a left hepatic metastasis may be independent prognostic factors for OS in patients with recurrence. The left hepatic metastasis group tended to have a multiple hepatic relapse more frequently than the right hepatic metastasis group in cases of isolated hepatic relapse.
Source: ANZ Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Heeji Shin,
Chan Wook Kim,
Jong Lyul Lee,
Yong Sik Yoon,
In Ja Park,
Seok ‐Byung Lim,
Chang Sik Yu,
Jin Cheon Kim Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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