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The prognostic impact of primary tumor resection or stoma construction followed by systemic chemotherapy for stage IV colorectal cancer: A Japanese, multicenter study.
Mariko Yamashita, Keisuke Noda, Tetsuro Tominaga, Yuma Takamura, Hiroki Katayama, Shintaro Hashimoto, Shoko Tei, Rika Ono, Mitsutoshi Ishii, Makoto Hisanaga, Kaido Oishi, Masaaki Moriyama, Fumitake Uchida, Toshio Shiraishi, Masaki Kunizaki
Published: 202610.1007/s00595-026-03239-7
Abstract
PURPOSE: Few reports have so far compared cases of Stage IV colorectal cancer in which primary tumor resection or stoma creation was performed prior to systemic chemotherapy. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 246 patients with clinical Stage IV co…
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