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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 37 avhandlingar innehållade orden liver metastasis.
1. Colorectal Liver Metastases : Onco-surgical Strategies & Prognostic Factors
Sammanfattning : The management of patients with colorectal cancer with liver metastases has improved over the past decades. There have been significant developments in terms of surgery, local therapies, anesthesia and oncological treatment. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on what constitutes optimal treatment strategy. LÄS MER
2. Liver Resection for Colorectal Cancer Metastases. Prognostic Factors and Interventions Affecting Outcome
Sammanfattning : Background: With a yearly incidence of 56 per 100,000 inhabitants, colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies in the Western world, representing the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Within three years after the diagnosis of CRC, 29% of patients will have developed liver metastases. LÄS MER
3. Liver metastases from colorectal cancer. Different strategies and outcomes
Sammanfattning : Patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) increasingly undergo liver resections. The belief is that the resection or ablation of a tumor, when possible, is the only possibility of a cure. LÄS MER
4. Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases : Effects of Chemotherapy on Liver Parenchyma and Resections
Sammanfattning : Current multimodal treatment of colorectal cancer liver metastasis often combines liver resections with preoperative chemotherapy with a 5-year survival of 40-50%. Preoperative chemotherapy includes conversion of initially non-resectable situation and control of micrometastatic disease. LÄS MER
5. Wnt-5a signaling in breast cancer metastasis
Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is the most common form of malignancy affecting women in the Western world. Today, anticancer treatment can control primary breast tumors, but treatment and prevention of metastatic disease still represents a major challenge in the management of breast cancer patients. LÄS MER