Prolonged survival in metastatic colorectal cancer following chemotherapy

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: The cost of treating metastatic colorectal cancer has increased significantly after the introduction of targeted antivascular therapies. We report the unusual case of a patient with colorectal cancer with several large liver metastases at diagnosis, who was cured after removal...

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Autores principales: Paul, Doru, Gold, Menachem, Nouraddin, Nouraddin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25614815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.109
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Sumario:KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: The cost of treating metastatic colorectal cancer has increased significantly after the introduction of targeted antivascular therapies. We report the unusual case of a patient with colorectal cancer with several large liver metastases at diagnosis, who was cured after removal of the primary tumor and treatment with 5-FU/LV only.

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