Pathologic response after preoperative therapy predicts prognosis of Chinese colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases

Abstract Background Pathologic response is evaluated according to the extent of tumor regression and is used to estimate the efficacy of preoperative treatment. Several studies have reported the association between the pathologic response and clinical outcomes of colorectal cancer patients with live...

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Main Authors: Yun Wang, Yun-Fei Yuan, Hao-Cheng Lin, Bin-Kui Li, Feng-Hua Wang, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Pei-Rong Ding, Gong Chen, Xiao-Jun Wu, Zhen-Hai Lu, Zhi-Zhong Pan, De-Sen Wan, Peng Sun, Shu-Mei Yan, Rui-Hua Xu, Yu-Hong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-017-0244-1