Biopsy of potentially operable hepatic colorectal metastases is not useless but dangerous [6]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7473, 2004, Pages 1045-1046

  Jones, Oliver M ^a   Rees, Myrddin ^a   John, Tim G ^a   Bygrave, Sean ^a   Plant, Graham ^a  

^a NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM SEEDING;

EID: 7944223297     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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2. Jones OM, Rees M, John TG, Bygrave S, Plant G. Resectable colorectal liver metastases: to biopsy or not to biopsy? Colorect Dis 2004;6:1-34.
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5. Jones OM, Rees M, John TG, Bygrave S, Plant G. Biopsy of colorectal metastases causes tumour dissemination and adversely affects survival following liver resection. Br J Surg 2004 (in press).