Regional versus systemic chemotherapy in the treatment of colorectal carcinoma metastatic to the liver: Is there a survival difference? Meta- analysis of the published literature

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1639-1645

  Harmantas, Athanasios ^a,b,c   Rotstein, Lorne E ^b   Langer, Bernard ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

colorectal carcinoma; hepatic; hepatic artery infusion; meta analysis; metastases; systemic chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL;

CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029766212     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961015)78:8<1639::AID-CNCR1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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