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Kras-mutation influences outcomes for palliative primary tumor resection in advanced colorectal cancer-a Turkish Oncology Group study.
Surgical oncology - 1 Sept 2018
Korkmaz Levent, Coşkun Hasan Şenol, Dane Faysal, Karabulut Bülent, Karaağaç Mustafa, Çabuk Devrim, Karabulut Senem, Aykan Nuri Faruk, Doruk Hatice, Avcı Nilüfer, Turhal Nazım Serdar, Artaç Mehmet
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PURPOSE: We aimed to investigate the prognostic effect of primary tumor resection (PTR) prior to bevacizumab-based treatments in unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). METHODS: We retrospectively collected 341 mCRC cases with unresectable metastases at diagnosis. PTR was performed in 210 cases (the surgery group) and the other patients (n = 131) were followed without PTR (the no-surgery group). All the...
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