NICE Guidelines: management of colorectal cancer metastases

SYNCHRONOUS SURGICAL REMOVAL OF SUSPICIOUS OVARIAN METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL CANCER

Metastatic ovarian cancers occur in 3-8 percent of women undergoing surgical resection of a primary colorectal cancer. In this study we examined the characteristics of women with colorectal cancer for whom synchronous oophorectomy had been performed. In this cross-sectional study, records of patients with colorectal cancer from April 1991 through October 1999 who had undergone surgery for ...

Management of liver metastases from colorectal cancer.

The liver is a frequent site of metastatic colorectal disease. Over the past 20 years, improvements in systemic chemotherapy and surgical techniques have improved the survival of patients with hepatic metastases. For 4 decades, fluorouracil and leucovorin were the only drugs available to treat metastatic colorectal cancer, but several new drugs and a variety of novel regimens are now available....

Guidelines for resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases.

Received 31 March 2006 Accepted for publication 31 March 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 INTRODUCTION There has been increasing recognition of the potential benefits of liver resection for colorectal metastases in the UK although this treatment has been established more widely in other Western countries. There are no randomised studies assessing outcome following resectio...

Guidelines for the Management of Colorectal Cancer

Surgical Management of Pulmonary Metastases of Colorectal Cancer

lignancies and a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The prognosis of colorectal cancer after primary surgery is related to subsequent or concurrent distant metastasis and local recurrence; at least one-third of patients will develop metastases/recurrence, the most common sites of metastases being the liver and lung. Unfortunately, there is no definitive successful chemotherapy and...