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SUBMITTER: Boileve A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990591 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boilève Alice A Maillard Aline A Wagner Mathilde M Dromain Clarisse C Laurent Christophe C Dupont Bierre Eric E Le Sourd Samuel S Audemar Franck F Ulusakarya Ayhan A Guerin-Meyer Veronique V Smisth Denis D Pezzella Veronica V De Baere Thierry T Goere Diane D Gelli Maximiliano M Taieb Julien J Boige Valérie V
BMC cancer 20200130 1
<h4>Background</h4>Approximately 40% of colorectal cancer patients will develop colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). The most effective approach to increase long-term survival is CRLM complete resection. Unfortunately, only 10-15% of CRLM are initially considered resectable. The objective response rates (ORR) after current first-line systemic chemotherapy (sys-CT) regimens range from 40 to 80% and complete resection rates (CRR) range from 25 to 50% in patients with initially unresectable CRLM. Wh ...[more]