Practical questions in liver metastases of colorectal cancer: General principles of treatment

HPB

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-258

  González, Héctor Daniel ^a   Figueras, Joan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Hepatectomy; Liver diseases (surgery); Liver neoplasms (secondary); Liver neoplasms (surgery); Liver surgery; Metastases; Neoplasm metastasis; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ELDERLY CARE; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 34547937929     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820701457992     Document Type: Review

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