liver metastasis

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liver metastasis

Oncology Cancer that has spread from the original–1º–tumor to the liver Primary cancer Colorectal CA, neuroblastoma, pancreatic CA, Hodgkin's lymphoma. See Metastasis.

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Synchronous colorectal liver metastasis in patients without node metastasis: Possibility of localized liver metastasis.

Prognostic Analysis of 102 Patients with Synchronous Colorectal Cancer and Liver Metastases Treated with Simultaneous Resection

Those cases with liver metastasis on LUS belonged to Stage III breast cancer.

Need for routine x-ray chest and ultrasonography of liver in workup, diagnosis and staging of early carcinoma of breast in patients presenting first time: a prospective single institutional study

After a definitive diagnosis, the decision of recommending a surgery first or chemotherapy first was dependent on the clinical judgment of the attending physicians and that of our multidisciplinary team; these decisions reflected the general performance of the patients and their unresectable liver metastasis stages.

Aggressive surgical resection of the primary tumor without metastasectomy first in stage IV colon cancer with unresectable synchronous liver-only-metastases patients cannot provide the survival benefits compared with chemotherapy first

A liver metastasis is a malignant tumor in the liver that has spread from another organ affected by cancer.

Hepatic metastasis complicated by abscess formation

OBJECTIVE: To observe the expression of galectin-3 in the liver metastasis of colon cancer in mice and the inhibitory effect of modified citrus pectin (MCP) on galectin-3 expression.

Citrus pectin

The remaining patient (patient 5), who had presented with a liver metastasis, received chemotherapy and palliative local radiotherapy.

Primary sinonasal malignant melanoma: a clinicopathologic and prognostic study

KEY WORDS: Colorectal, Carcinoma, Liver metastasis, Liver resection, Synchronous.

Synchronous resection of colorectal liver metastasis--a case report

To obtain optimal cutoff according to clinical variables, we considered tissue origin and liver metastasis and analyzed ROC curves separately.

Predicting tissue HER2 status using serum HER2 levels in patients with metastatic breast cancer

co-presented several studies that highlight the gene expression technology and its role in identifying predictive markers in several types of cancer, including colorectal, pancreatic, and liver metastasis.

Response Genetics, Inc. Announced Results of Pre-Clinical Studies on Gene Expression at the American Association for Cancer Research 2008 Annual Meeting

Background: Controversial results about the therapeutic value of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and liver resection (LR) in the treatment of colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRCLM) have been reported.

Radiofrequency Ablation versus Liver Resection for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

The researchers further found the addition of curcumin to FOLFOX-based chemotherapy enhanced efficacy as judged from studies done on patient-derived colorectal liver metastasis, indicating a promise for such treatment in situations wherein colon cancer can spread to the liver.

Curcumin C3 complex may be safe adjunct to chemotherapy: further research will explore using curcumin and chemo in conjunction to stop cancer from spreading

On the contrary, another finding showed that serum ALP does not increase significantly in cases of liver metastasis (13).