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Genetic detection of lymph node micrometastases: a selection criterion for liver transplantation in patients with liver metastases after colorectal cancer.
Transplantation - 15 Jan 2006
Kappel Sonja, Kandioler Daniela, Steininger Rudolf, Längle Friedrich, Wrba Friedrich, Ploder Martin, Berlakovich Gabriela, Soliman Thomas, Hetz Hubert, Rockenschaub Susanne, Roth Erich, Mühlbacher Ferdinand
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BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation for nonresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer was abandoned in 1994 on account of high recurrence rates. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the genetic detection of micrometastases in histologically negative lymph nodes of the primary colon cancer could be applied to select patients for liver transplantation. METHODS: We analyzed 21 patients with...
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