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Number of liver metastatic nodules affects treatment options for pulmonary adenocarcinoma patients with liver metastases.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Nov 2014
Tseng Shih-En, Chiou Yi-You, Lee Yu-Chin, Perng Reury-Perng, Jacqueline Whang-Peng, Chen Yuh-Min
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BACKGROUND: In patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the development of liver metastasis (LM) is a poor prognostic factor. Whether systemic treatment combined with local treatment for LM has benefit for NSCLC patients with LM is unknown. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the clinical data and tumor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status of 673 pulmonary adenocarcinoma...
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