The impact of pulmonary metastasectomy in patients with previously resected colorectal cancer liver metastases

Armin Wiegering,Johannes Riegel,Johanna Wagner,Volker Kunzmann,Johannes Baur,Thorsten Walles,Ulrich Andreas Dietz,Stefan Loeb,Christoph-Thomas Germer,Ulrich Steger,Ingo Klein

The impact of pulmonary metastasectomy in patients with previously resected colorectal cancer liver metastases

2017

Armin Wiegering
Johannes Riegel
Johanna Wagner
Volker Kunzmann
Johannes Baur
Thorsten Walles
Ulrich Andreas Dietz
Stefan Loeb
Christoph-Thomas Germer
Ulrich Steger
Ingo Klein

Background 40–50% of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) will develop liver metastases (CRLM) during the course of the disease. One third of these patients will additionally develop pulmonary metastases.

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General surgery
Colorectal cancer
Metastasectomy
Medicine
in patient
survival data
Radiology
Lung
Oncology
patient survival
Resection
Retrospective cohort study
Internal medicine

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