## Abstract ## Background Liver resection is increasingly being performed for metastatic colorectal cancer. This study assessed the need for preoperative biopsy of suspected metastases and whether biopsy has any effect on long-term survival. ## Methods Prospectively collected data on patients wh
Liver resection and needle liver biopsy cause hematogenous dissemination of liver cells
✍ Scribed by Malek Louha; Jérome Nicolet; Herve Zylberberg; Abdelmajid Sabile; Corinne Vons; Giovanna Vona; Karine Poussin; Monique Tournebize; Frédérique Capron; Stanislas Pol; Dominique Franco; Bernard Lacour; Christian Bréchot; Patrizia Paterlini-Bréchot
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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