Open AccessMetastatic Colorectal Cancer: From Improved Survival to Potential Cure
Author(s) -
David Gallagher,
Nancy E. Kemeny
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000315730
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , context (archaeology) , systemic therapy , oncology , cancer , chemotherapy , radiofrequency ablation , metastasis , disease , surgery , ablation , breast cancer , paleontology , biology
The treatment of colorectal cancer has improved considerably in recent years, but it remains the second commonest cause of cancer deaths in men and women in the United States. Better therapies have resulted in prolonged median survival for patients with metastatic disease and a select number of patients can now be cured.
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