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ONCOLOGIST
Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages 963-969Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2009-0022
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Colorectal neoplasms; Chemotherapy; Colectomy; Review literature
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Asymptomatic patients with metastatic colorectal cancer do not routinely need to undergo resection of the primary tumor. Although several retrospective analyses suggest that patients who undergo resection of the primary tumor live longer, most of these reviewed data prior to the advent of modern polychemotherapy and are subject to considerable bias, as patients who were considered able to undergo surgery likely had better overall prognoses than those who were not. In addition to significant prolongation of overall survival, current combinations of systemic chemotherapeutic agents and targeted agents have allowed improved local and distant tumor control, decreasing the likelihood of local tumor-related complications requiring colon resection. The Oncologist 2009; 14: 963-969
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