NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 27 –
Repeat liver resections are as safe and effective as first resections for the removal of metastatic colorectal cancer, according to investigators who evaluated a large patient cohort treated at two surgical oncology centers.
Dr. Yuman Fong, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and colleagues prospectively identified 96 patients who were originally treated at their institution between 1986 and 2001, and 30 patients treated at the oncology center at University of Frankfurt in Germany between 1985 and 1999. All 126 patients underwent second resections.
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