Evidence-based guideline on management of colorectal liver metastases in the Netherlands

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-14

  Bipat, S ^a   van Leeuwen, M S ^b   Ijzermans, J N M ^c   Comans, E F I ^d   Planting, A S Th ^c   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Greve, J W ^e   Stoker, J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Diagnosis; Guideline; Liver metastases; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GADOLINIUM; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; DATA BASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846481851     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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