THE APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH SINGLE AND MULTIPLE LIVER METASTASES, PULMONARY METASTASES, AND INTRAABDOMINAL METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL-CARCINOMA

Authors
VANDERMEER TJ CALLERY MP MEYERS WC
Citation
Tj. Vandermeer et al., THE APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH SINGLE AND MULTIPLE LIVER METASTASES, PULMONARY METASTASES, AND INTRAABDOMINAL METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL-CARCINOMA, Hematology/oncology clinics of North America, 11(4), 1997, pp. 759
Citations number
78
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,Hematology
Journal title
Hematology/oncology clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
08898588
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0889-8588(1997)11:4<759:TATTPW>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The majority of patients diagnosed with colorectal carcinoma die of me tastatic disease. The liver, peritoneum, and lung are the most common sites of metastasis. Surgical resection improves survival and offers t he only chance for cure. The indications, techniques, and results of r esection and newer treatment methods including cryotherapy, hepatic ar tery chemotherapy, and intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy are r eviewed.