Primary Tumor Resection for Stage IV Colorectal Cancer in the Era of Targeted Chemotherapy.

Dai ShidaNarikazu BokuTaro TanabeTakefumi YoshidaShunsuke TsukamotoAtsuo TakashimaYukihide Kanemitsu

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)

All three analyses revealed that, in the current era of chemotherapy with target agents, primary tumor resection was only marginally influential and did not significantly improve overall survival over chemotherapy alone.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
cancer therapy
rectal cancer
radiation therapy
chemotherapy induced
single cell