Surgical resection of colorectal carcinoma metastases to the liver: A prognostic scoring system to improve case selection, based on 1568 patients

Nordlinger, Bernard; Guiguet, Marguerite; Vaillant, Jean‐Christophe; Balladur, Pierre; Boudjéma, Karim; Bachellier, Philippe; Jaeck, Daniel

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960401)77:7<1254::aid-cncr5>3.0.co;2-i

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Surgical resection of colorectal carcinoma metastases to the liver: A prognostic scoring system to improve case selection, based on 1568 patients

Published in Cancer • Apr 1, 1996

Authors:

Bernard Nordlinger

Marguerite Guiguet

Jean‐Christophe Vaillant

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Five-year survival rates after resection of liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma are close to 25%. Recurrences occur in two-thirds of the patients after surgery. Selection of patients likely to benefit from surgery remains controversial and subjective. METHODS: Data from 1568 patie...

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Medicine

Selection (genetic algorithm)

Resection

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