The prognosis of colorectal cancer liver metastases associated with inflammatory bowel disease: An exploratory analysis.
Georgios Antonios MargonisStefan BuettnerNikolaos AndreatosDoris WagnerKazunari SasakiBoris GaljartCarsten KamphuesTimothy M PawlikGeorge PoultsidesKlaus KaczirekPer Eystein LønningCornelis VerhoefMartin E KreisChristopher L WolfgangMatthew J WeissPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2018)
Patients with IBD-related CRLM had similar survival compared with patients with sporadic CRLM, even though they more often present with extrahepatic disease. In addition, patients with IBD-related CRLM may experience patterns of recurrence different from patients with sporadic CRLM.