Primary Tumor Resection for Rectal Cancer With Unresectable Liver Metastases: A Chance to Cut Is a Chance for Improved Survival

Primary Tumor Resection for Rectal Cancer With Unresectable Liver Metastases: A Chance to Cut Is a Chance for Improved Survival

Background: About half of the patients with rectal cancer will develop liver metastasis during the course of their illness. Unfortunately, a large proportion of these metastases are unresectable. Surgical resection of the primary tumor vs. palliative treatment in patients with unresectable synchrono...

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Main Authors: Jia-nan Chen, Sami Shoucair, Zheng Wang, Joseph R. Habib, Fu-qiang Zhao, Jun Yu, Zheng Liu, Qian Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
rectal cancer
SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) database
metastasis
liver
resection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.628715/full

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