The need to determine whether lung metastasectomy improves survival in advanced colorectal cancer

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Treasure, Tom ^a   Brew Graves, Chris ^a   Fallowfield, Lesley ^b   Farewell, Vern ^c   Golesworthy, Tal ^d   Leonard, Pauline ^e   Monson, Kathryn ^b   Russell, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC Biostatistics Unit ^*

^e WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LETTER; LUNG METASTASIS; METASTASIS RESECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METASTASECTOMY; PNEUMONECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902589933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4085     Document Type: Letter

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