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Assessing resectability of colorectal liver metastases: How do different subspecialties interpret the same data?
Author(s) -
JeanMichel Aubin,
Alexsander K. Bressan,
Sean Grondin,
Elijah Dixon,
Anthony R. MacLean,
Sean Gregg,
Patricia A. Tang,
Gilaad G. Kaplan,
Guillaume Martel,
Chad G. Ball
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.014616
Subject(s) - medicine , specialty , referral , colorectal cancer , general surgery , disease , cancer , family medicine
Assessment of resectability varied significantly between specialties, and resectability was often underestimated by nonhepatobiliary surgeons. Hepatobiliary referral was not considered in a substantial proportion of cases erroneously deemed unresectable. These disparities result largely from an imprecise understanding of modern surgical indications for resection of CRLMs.

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