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Importance of histological tumor response assessment in predicting the outcome in patients with colorectal liver metastases treated with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by liver surgery

Published inAnnals of oncology, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 299-304
Publication date2007
Abstract

The purpose of the study was to characterize histological response to chemotherapy of hepatic colorectal metastases (HCRM), evaluate efficacy of different chemotherapies on histological response, and determine whether tumor regression grading (TRG) of HCRM predicts clinical outcome.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
  • Camptothecin/administration & dosage/analogs & derivatives
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Colorectal Neoplasms/drug therapy/pathology/surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Fibrosis/etiology
  • Fluorouracil/administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms/drug therapy/secondary/surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Organoplatinum Compounds/administration & dosage
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome
Citation (ISO format)
RUBBIA-BRANDT, Laura et al. Importance of histological tumor response assessment in predicting the outcome in patients with colorectal liver metastases treated with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by liver surgery. In: Annals of oncology, 2007, vol. 18, n° 2, p. 299–304. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdl386
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