Published in:
01-12-2017 | Colorectal Cancer
Comment on: Pathologic Response to Preoperative Chemotherapy in Colorectal Liver Metastases: Fibrosis, Not Necrosis, Predicts Outcome
Authors:
Hector H. Li-Chang, MD, FRCPC, David K. Driman, MBChB, FRCPC
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Special Issue 3/2017
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article by Poultsides et al.
1 entitled “Pathologic Response to Preoperative Chemotherapy in Colorectal Liver Metastases: Fibrosis, Not Necrosis, Predicts Outcome.” The authors showed that the amount of necrosis in metastases was not associated with improved disease survival in the univariate analysis because it was seen in similar proportions in both treated and untreated tumors. …