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Primary Tumor Resection Offers Higher Survival Advantage in KRAS Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients.
Hepato-gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2015
Kodaz Hilmi, Erdogan Bulent, Hacibekiroglu Ilhan, Turkmen Esma, Tozkir Hilmi, Albayrak Dogan, Uzunoglu Sernaz, Cicin Irfan
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed in the United States, and the third most common cause of death from cancer. Approximately 20% of the patients with colorectal cancer have distant metastasis during diagnosis. Primary tumor resection is controversial in unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). We studied the survival effect of primary tumor resection in...
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