| Autor: |
R. H. Kruyt, I. H. M. Borel Rinkes, Matthijs Oudkerk, B. van Ooijen |
| Rok vydání: |
1994 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Advances in CT III ISBN: 9783642791185 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-79116-1_33 |
| Popis: |
In Western countries the incidence of large bowel cancer is high and second only to that of lung cancer in men and breast cancer in women [1]. Survival rates have improved since 1950, but only as a result of an increased resectability rate and decreased peroperative mortality [2]. The prognosis of a patient is mainly determined by the stage of the tumor at initial presentation. Most patients die due to disseminated disease in the liver. Already on first presentation 15%–35% of the patients have apparent or occult liver metastases, whereas two thirds of the patients will have them by the time of their death [3]. Treatment of disseminated disease by chemotherapy is disappointing. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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