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SUBMITTER: Tsang WY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4035039 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsang Walter Y WY Ziogas Argyrios A Lin Bruce S BS Seery Tara E TE Karnes William W Stamos Michael J MJ Zell Jason A JA
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 20131203 3
<h4>Introduction</h4>The benefit of an operation to remove the primary tumor among patients with synchronous stage IV colorectal cancer is controversial. This study analyzed the survival benefits associated with primary tumor resection among chemotherapy-treated stage IV colorectal cancer patients.<h4>Methods</h4>The study analyzed 11,716 chemotherapy-treated stage IV colorectal cancer patients in the California Cancer Registry between 1996 and 2007, with follow-up through 2009. Patients were st ...[more]