Palliative resection of colorectal cancer: Does it prolong survival?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2567-2576

  Costi, Renato ^a,b   Mazzeo, Antonio ^a   Di Mauro, Davide ^a   Veronesi, Licia ^a   Sansebastiano, Giuliano ^a   Violi, Vincenzo ^a   Roncoroni, Luigi ^a   Sarli, Leopoldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Service Chirurgie Viscérale   (France)

Author keywords

Carcinosis; Colorectal cancer; Metastasis; Palliative resection; Primary tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMATOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548589072     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9444-2     Document Type: Article

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