The role of primary tumor resection in colorectal cancer patients with asymptomatic, synchronous unresectable metastasis: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Approximately 20 % of all patients with colorectal cancer are diagnosed as having Stage IV cancer; 80 % of these present with unresectable metastatic lesions. It is controversial whether chemotherapy with or without primary tumor resection (PTR) is effective for the treatment of patients...

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Autores principales: Kim, Chang Woo, Baek, Jeong-Heum, Choi, Gyu-Seog, Yu, Chang Sik, Kang, Sung Bum, Park, Won Cheol, Lee, Bong Hwa, Kim, Hyeong Rok, Oh, Jae Hwan, Kim, Jae-Hwang, Jeong, Seung-Yong, Ahn, Jung Bae, Baik, Seung Hyuk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4717596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26782254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1164-0

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