Does resection of small liver metastases from colorectal cancer improve survival of patients?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue MAR., 1999, Pages 246-249

  Irie, T ^a   Itai, Y ^a   Hatsuse, K ^b   Mochizuki, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033063006     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.855.10396213     Document Type: Article

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