## Abstract ## Background The objective of this study is to determine whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy reveals occult disease precluding surgical extirpation of initially resectable colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRCLM). ## Methods Demographics, clinicopathologic tumor characteristics, trea
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and resection for initially irresectable colorectal liver metastases
โ Scribed by L. Capussotti; A. Muratore; M. M. Mulas; P. Massucco; M. Aglietta
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 93
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.5386
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