Therapeutic strategy in unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer

While surgery is the cornerstone treatment for early-stage colorectal cancer, chemotherapy is the first treatment option for metastatic disease when tumor lesions are frequently not fully resectable at presentation. Mortality from colon cancer has decreased over the past 30 years, but there is still...

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Main Authors: Benoist Chibaudel, Christophe Tournigand, Thierry André, Aimery de Gramont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-03-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1758834011431592