Primary tumour location affects survival after resection of colorectal liver metastases: A two-institutional cohort study with international validation, systematic meta-analysis and a clinical risk score.

Primary tumour location affects survival after resection of colorectal liver metastases: A two-institutional cohort study with international validation, systematic meta-analysis and a clinical risk score.

<h4>Background</h4>Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents a major cause for cancer death and every third patient develops liver metastases (CRLM). Several factors including number and size of metastases and primary tumour lymph-node status have been linked to survival. The primary tumour loc...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth Gasser, Eva Braunwarth, Marina Riedmann, Benno Cardini, Nikolaus Fadinger, Jaroslav Presl, Eckhard Klieser, Philipp Ellmerer, Aurélien Dupré, Katsunori Imai, Hassan Malik, Hideo Baba, Hanno Ulmer, Stefan Schneeberger, Dietmar Öfner, Adam Dinnewitzer, Stefan Stättner, Florian Primavesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217411

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