Colorectal Cancer
Pulmonary metastases prognosis predicted by high carcinoembryonic antigen level
Published in Gastroenterology Week, August 28th, 2006
According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery, "Treatment of pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer by excision has increased rapidly, but reports on indications and prognostic factors are inconsistent. We sought to identify poor prognostic factors preoperatively and to retrospectively evaluate preoperative clinical indications for surgery."
"A total of 75 patients with colorectal cancer had pulmonary metastases excised from 1986 to 2003. Tumor size, number,...
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