Open AccessProposal of a new and simple staging system of colorectal liver metastasis
Author(s) -
Ikuo Nagashima,
Tadahiro Takada,
Hirokazu Nagawa,
Tetsuichiro Muto,
Kota Okinaga
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i43.6961
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , hepatectomy , metastasis , staging system , multivariate analysis , pathological , tnm staging system , retrospective cohort study , oncology , radiology , gastroenterology , cancer , surgery , resection
To create a new, simple and useful staging system for colorectal liver metastasis analogous to the Tumor Node Metastasis classification system of International Union Against Cancer.