Open AccessSurvival Impact of Primary Tumor Lymph Node Status and Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases
Author(s) -
Lars Thomas Seeberg,
Cathrine Brunborg,
Anne Waage,
Harald Hugenschmidt,
Anne Renolen,
Ingunn Stav,
Bjørn Atle Bjørnbeth,
Elin Borgen,
Bjørn Naume,
Kristoffer Watten Brudvik,
Gro Wiedswang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.764
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1534-4681
pISSN - 1068-9265
DOI - 10.1245/s10434-017-5818-2
Subject(s) - medicine , circulating tumor cell , colorectal cancer , surgical oncology , primary tumor , oncology , prospective cohort study , lymph node , lymph , overall survival , bone marrow , multivariate analysis , gastroenterology , pathology , cancer , metastasis
The aim of this study was to analyse the survival impact of primary tumor nodal status (N0/N+) in patients with resectable colorectal liver metastases (CLM), and to determine the value of circulating and disseminated tumor cells (CTCs/DTCs) in this setting.